Check out this recent article in the New Your Times called Doctors Seek Way to Treat Muscle Loss. It is a great overview of the problem we have been trying to make people aware of for a long time. Doctors, however, seem to remain largely unaware of the solution. The article concludes:
โMaintaining the muscle is possible,โ said Dr. Luigi Ferrucci of the National Institute on Aging, who directs the study, called the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. โWe just donโt know the right formula yet.โ
We may not have all the answers yet, but hereโs a hint. If you want to maintain strong muscles, strength training is a good place to start!