Harvard experts identify 6 key nutrients beyond protein to prevent age-related muscle loss

Untreated sarcopenia increases risk of falls, fractures, and loss of functional independence in older adults.

As the body ages, muscle does not simply fade — it retreats in the absence of the right conditions. Harvard researchers studying sarcopenia, the gradual loss of muscle mass that threatens independence in older adults, have arrived at a quiet but consequential insight: protein, long celebrated as the cornerstone of muscle health, is necessary but not sufficient. Six additional nutrients — magnesium, iron, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, quality carbohydrates, and water — must work in concert with protein and physical activity to preserve the strength that allows people to remain authors of thei

Harvard experts identify 6 key nutrients beyond protein to prevent age-related muscle loss

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