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Interesting Facts on Nutrition Over 60
If you’re over 60 (or know someone over 60), then chances are you’ve noticed a few things:
- You’re not as strong as you used to be
- Your appetite has changed
- Your energy levels have changed
Since I train clients over 60, I like to do research into how the body’s requirements change with age.
So I recently read a book called Clinical Nutrition and Aging: Sarcopenia and Muscle Metabolism.
I learned a few interesting things that I didn’t know before, and below is a summary of some interesting facts that could be useful!
Between the ages of 40 and 70, food intake falls by about 25%.
This can be due to the loss of the senses of taste and smell, as well as because more things tend to aggravate their gastrointestinal system.
Protein requirements rise with age because the absorption of protein decreases with age.
The current government recommendations for protein are 0.8 grams/kg/day.
That’s for a person who doesn’t do strength training nor is active.
So if you weigh 70 kg/154 lbs, you should be eating 56 grams of protein per day.
