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8 Glutamine Rich Foods and How They Can Boost Your Muscle Strength

January 24, 2017 Srijita'Muscle, 8, and, boost, Can, Foods, Glutamine, How, Rich, strength!, they, Your

Let’s begin by looking at what glutamine really is. It is the most important amino acid found in our body and yet a lot of us have very little or sometimes no knowledge at all about this extremely significant “building block” of protein. It is mostly present in the skeletal muscles and lungs, and involved in performing very essential functions. Some of these include digestion, repairing damaged tissues, strengthening of the immune system, and eliminating waste products like ammonia from the body. While each individual produces certain amounts of glutamine…

Muscle Strength May Help to Improve Brain Function

October 28, 2016 Srijita'Muscle, Brain, function, Help, Improve, May, strength!, to

Increased muscle strength may help to improve brain function in adults who suffer from mild cognitive impairment (MCI), shows a new study. MCI defines people who have reduced cognitive abilities such as reduced memory, but are still able to live independently. It is a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease. The findings published in the Journal of American Geriatrics show a positive causal link between muscle adaptations to progressive resistance training and the functioning of the brain among those over the age of 55 with MCI. “What we found in this follow-up…

‘Muscle memory’ may not really exist

September 30, 2016 Srijita'Muscle, exist, May, Memory:, Not, really

A new study suggests that muscle memory may not really exist. The study found that genes activated in response to exercise — shown on the right in color blocks (before on top, after on bottom) — did not differ when som (Malene Lindholm and Carl Johan Sundberg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden) Muscle tissue does not have a “memory” of past exercise training, new research suggests. Muscles that have trained hard in the past and those that have not trained show similar changes in the genes that they turn on or…