09/05/2022
Truth! 😃
From the age of 30 onwards, you lose muscle mass unless you actively do something to prevent this.
The less muscle mass we have the slower our metabolic rate. The lower your muscle mass, the less storage capacity you have for glycogen, the storage form of glucose, so the more likely you are to store excess carbohydrates as body fat. Or the more likely you are to experience blood glucose highs and lows and the sugar cravings that go with that.
Prioritise building muscle mass across your whole life. This means resistance training, yoga, Pilates, carrying your luggage instead of wheeling it (as was the case up until relatively recently), carrying your groceries and children. Garden, do farm work. Use your body.
- Excerpt from Dr Libby Weaver’s “The Beauty Guide”.
