{"id":5855,"date":"2023-07-21T21:33:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=5855"},"modified":"2023-07-21T21:33:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:33:31","slug":"new-study-finds-lean-muscle-mass-decreases-alzheimers-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=5855","title":{"rendered":"New Study Finds Lean Muscle Mass Decreases Alzheimer\u2019s Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_247,w_1853,h_1041\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/kkr2rbuvtk8x65i67.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A total of 21,982 people with Alzheimer&#8217;s and 41,944 without were included in the independent sample. In a replication sample to confirm findings, 7,329 patients with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and 252,879 people without it participated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After reviewing the data, researchers concluded lean mass was positively associated with better cognitive performance and lower risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>These findings suggest that lean muscle mass might be a protective factor against cognitive decline. However, further research is needed to investigate the underlying cause of this association.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While previous research studies linked <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9099768\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9099768\/\" data-citation-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">obesity with an increased risk of Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"1\">1<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span>, this finding stands out as another piece of the puzzle beyond clinical obesity.\u00a0In the study summary, researchers present a few ideas as to why muscle mass might have a protective effect against Alzheimer&#8217;s: For one, having more muscle could help improve certain dementia risk factors like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchsquare.com\/article\/rs-267358\/v1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.researchsquare.com\/article\/rs-267358\/v1\" rel=\"noopener\">insulin resistance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/alz.12320\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/alz.12320\" rel=\"noopener\">blood pressure<\/a>. Certain myokines (proteins that are secreted in response to muscular contractions) could also have a <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fneur.2021.649452\/full\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fneur.2021.649452\/full\" data-citation-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">neuroprotective effect<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"2\">2<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span>, they note.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to remember that the naked eye cannot evaluate lean muscle mass\u2014two people could look and weigh the same with completely different lean muscle mass measurements. It\u2019s all about what\u2019s inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the good news is that while you may be born with a certain amount of lean muscle, it&#8217;s never too late to build more using muscle-centric nutrition, lifestyle, and exercise practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 21,982 people with Alzheimer&#8217;s and 41,944 without were included in the independent sample. In a replication sample to confirm findings, 7,329 patients with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and 252,879 people without it participated.\u00a0 After reviewing the data, researchers concluded lean mass was positively associated with better cognitive performance and lower risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[147,79,76,179],"class_list":["post-5855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-mbg-brain-health","tag-news","tag-protein","tag-walking"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}