Now, the problem is, when you become sick or you get surgery, you have two issues: you exercise less or you become less physically active, but you also eat less.
So, it’s a double whammy downwards. And that’s what makes us so vulnerable to a short period of inactivity or sickness.
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We (can) become more of what we eat or less of what we eat. | Age within an individual can simply be a proxy for activity. | Muscle itself doesn’t seem to get that old.
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