Dr. William Evans – Why Muscle Mass is a Marker of Longevity
Longevity by Design
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Is There a Correlation Between Testasteron and Muscle?
We know that testasteron is a powerfully anabolic hormon, and so is growth ormon. Men generally, as you know, decrease their test astron levels as they grow older. But it's very unlike menapaus, which is kind of all women experience menapaus. It's an average decrease in testastran levels, but that is associated with loss of muscle. So old people lose three times as much muscle in a third the period of time as young people and son. Why do they lose so much more muscle? Well, partly it's related to these anabolic factors. Partly it’s related to inadequate dietary protein,. An taque, because as
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