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Sunday, January 13, 2019
Is there sufficient evidence to supplement omega-3 fatty acids to increase muscle mass and strength in young and older adults?
What is your doctors' prescription to stop your muscle atrophy? ANYTHING AT ALL? Or head in the sand behavior by your doctor?
For each day a patient is in hospital lying in bed with
minimal activity approximately 13% of muscular strength is lost (Ellis,
Jackson, Liu, Molloy, & Paterson, 2013).
I have 69 posts on Omega-3s with lots of benefits. Ask your doctor for an analysis. Followup needed which will never occur since we have NO STROKE LEADERSHIP to go to for anything.
Omega-3
(ω-3) is a polyunsaturated fatty acid with anti-inflammatory properties
that presents three main forms: alpha-linolenic acid, eicosapentaenoic
acid, and docosahexaenoic acid. Recently, studies performed in both
young and older adults suggest that ω-3 may improve gains in muscle mass
and/or enhance physical function. Thus, the aim of this narrative
review was to evaluate the current evidence of ω-3
intake/supplementation on muscle/lean mass (LM) and physical function in
young and older adults, and draw research-based conclusions as to the
practical implications of findings. We first assessed whether ω-3 intake
is associated with muscle mass and strength (observational studies),
and then sought to determine whether evidence shows that supplementation
of ω-3 increases muscle protein synthesis, LM and strength in adults
and older adults (interventional studies). The search was carried out in
PubMed and Scopus databases for the periods between 1997 and November
2018. The following keywords were used alone and in combination: ω-3,
fish oil, muscle protein synthesis, muscle mass, lean mass, body
composition, and physical function. In general, ω-3 supplementation does
not seem to promote increases in muscle mass in sedentary young and
older adults; the hypertrophic effects of supplementation when combined
with resistance training remain equivocal. Moreover, there is
conflicting evidence as to whether supplementation confers a beneficial
effect on muscle function in older adults. Importantly, this conclusion
is based on limited data and more studies are needed before ω-3
supplementation can be recommended as a viable strategy for such
purposes in clinical practice.
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