Hi Friend,
It looks like Popeye was right all along. Gobbling up your greens really can keep you strong!
Here's what got the spinach-lover so animated...
A study has shown how eating up your greens maintains muscle tone into old age. The guys in the lab coats found:
Researchers monitored the lifestyles of hundreds of over-65s and discovered that those on a healthy diet were more muscular due to their intake of fruits and veggies.
Men, in particular, remained strong and toned when they ate more than the UK government's recommended five portions a day of greens like spinach, cabbage and broccoli, along with fruits such as apples, bananas and pears.
These findings, by academics from Ajou University in South Korea, were published in the journal Age and Aging. The study strongly suggests that simple foods could win the war against age-related muscle loss.
Paul Green, of the over-50s lifestyle company Saga, had this to say: "People at this stage of life invariably don't like to have too much on their plate, but when it comes to fruit and vegetables - the more the better."
This exciting research comes hot on the heels of results released from the University College of London that showed "5 a day portions are no longer enough."
So more is better? Experts from the University of Liverpool believe so...
They wrote: "Is it perhaps time to update the 'five-a-day' message to '10 a day'?"
And when you weight train, suddenly a diet rich in fruits and veggies becomes vitally important to you.
So it looks like Popeye was right all along. Eating up your spinach really can keep you strong to the finish!
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In your next issue, titled "If it ain't bending, you're just pretending", I tell you how one special exercise helped transform Hugh Jackman into the X-Men character, Wolverine.
Look out for that next Monday.
Until then,
Squat On!
Lee
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