Muscle

Evaluating Protein: Animal vs Plant Sources

Everybody is talking about protein for a good reason: eating enough of this macronutrient is supportive of health. Protein is needed for muscle, bone, hair and other tissues growth and repair, it acts as enzyme in multiple metabolic processes, it carries nutrients like iron, it plays a key role in our immunity, and it canContinue reading “Evaluating Protein: Animal vs Plant Sources”

How to Build and Maintain Muscle Mass Effectively: protein and nutrition plans

Part 2 – Nutrition deep dive This article is the second in the series about how to maintain and build muscle mass. In part 1, which can be found here, I introduced protein and energy as the two key dietary factors, which I will discuss in more detail now. Daily protein needs to support muscleContinue reading “How to Build and Maintain Muscle Mass Effectively: protein and nutrition plans”

How to Build and Maintain Muscle Mass Effectively

Part 1: Overview We are on those early January days when some of us may be shaping our wellness goals for the year ahead. Years ago, a common resolution, especially among women, was to lose weight. But now we can notice an increasing number of people, again especially women, choosing the opposite: to increase theirContinue reading “How to Build and Maintain Muscle Mass Effectively”