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I have previously discussed (in my Undoctored Blog) how loss of muscle mass is a phenomenon of aging with up to 50% loss of muscle mass from age 25 to 75, especially bad if you yo-yo dieted over the years. We’ve all seen it: Aging involves reduced ability to climb stairs, hike, wrestle with a shovel, hoist heavy grocery bags, eventually leading to need for a cane, walker, wheelchair, or Boy Scout to assist you in crossing the street. Severe muscle loss, sarcopenia, is a close cousin of frailty. Muscle mass has therefore been labeled a biomarker for biological age. We need a gauge of biological age because, unlike trees in which we count rings or measure antler wingspan in elk, we need a quantifiable measure in humans that we can track and manipulate. In particular, inflammation—“inflammaging”—is proving to be a major factor that influences muscle mass: Any factor that increases your body’s inflammatory state adds to muscle loss and potentially accelerates associated phenomena of aging. Among the factors that influence inflammation: Grain consumption–A major contributor to higher C-reactive protein levels and other inflammatory markers via gliadin, gliadin-derived peptides, wheat germ agglutinin, insulin provocation, dysbiotic changes in bowel flora. Sugar consumption–Via higher insulin levels, dysbiosis, and, with grains, cultivation of visceral fat that is a major source of inflammation. Dysbiosis and small intestinal bacterial...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: News & Updates anti-aging diy health Inflammation microbiota muscle oxytocin prebiotic probiotic sarcopenia undoctored wheat belly Source Type: blogs