{"id":18915,"date":"2016-11-05T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/?p=18915"},"modified":"2016-11-03T22:53:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T04:53:17","slug":"study-shows-benefits-curd-in-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/study-shows-benefits-curd-in-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Shows Benefits Curd In Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/requeso\u0301n.jpg\" alt=\"requeson\" width=\"196\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/requeso\u0301n.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/requeso\u0301n-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/requeso\u0301n-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>As protein consumption is needed to improve muscle mass of the elderly, a group of researchers at the Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD) are studying the effects of curd in this regard. They chose this food because it is low in fat and lactose, making it an ideal source of nutrients<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We are using curd in the elderly to improve their muscle mass<\/em>,&#8221; said research leader Heliodoro Aleman Mateo. He explained that they are performing studies to show its effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>In the first study curd was given to a group of elderly with high muscle loss; however the results showed no significant changes. Then, the researchers performed the experiment in a second group made up of men and women with normal muscular loss associated with aging, and the results were finally observed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>In this latter group of subjects, with 270 grams of cottage cheese &#8212; i.e. 19 extra grams of protein in their diets \u2013 we could observe they improved their physical performance<\/em>,&#8221; says the specialist.<\/p>\n<p>The CIAD researcher, which belongs to the System of Public Research Centers of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), said that the elderly population with muscle loss has greater risk of losing their independence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Geriatric nutrition should become a key area in our institutions<\/em>.\u201d <strong>High protein intake can avoid or postpone physical disability in our elders<\/strong>, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We must watch that in breakfast, lunch and dinner there are about 25 or 30 grams of protein, which, in addition to cottage cheese, can be found in foods of animal origin and derivatives<\/em>,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><em>Notimex<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As protein consumption is needed to improve muscle mass of the elderly, a group of researchers at the Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD) are studying the effects of curd in this regard. They chose this food because it is low in fat and lactose, making it an ideal source of nutrients. &#8220;We are &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,7],"class_list":["post-18915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad-en-la-salud","tag-casalud","tag-clikisalud","cat-3-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18915"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18942,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18915\/revisions\/18942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}