Conducted over 12 weeks, the study offered a promising and simple dietary approach to tackling muscle loss — also known as sarcopenia — among community-dwelling seniors. This applied specifically to those who followed vegetarian diets or struggled to meet protein intake requirements.
The findings emphasise the effectiveness of a plant-based intervention in improving mobility, physical function, and sarcopenia risk scores, even without major changes to body composition or muscle mass.
Focus on real-world elderly nutrition challenges
The researchers enrolled 100 participants aged 65 and older, all at risk of both malnutrition and sarcopenia, and randomly split them into two groups. One received a daily serving of soup containing 24g to 30g of protein, while the other…