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Vitamin C could help older adults retain muscle mass – new research – The Conversation UK
The vitamin could also protect against sarcopenia, which affects more than 50 million people globally.
As we get older, our skeletal muscle mass, strength and power to move gradually decline, which may lead to a condition called sarcopenia. Sarcopenia affects more than 50 million people over the age of 50 years worldwide, and contributes to type 2 diabetes, frailty, physical disability, loss of independence and poor quality of life. So its an important condition to prevent during ageing to minimise both personal and societal costs.
Currently there are limited solutions for treating sarcopenia, s…
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