The whey protein body-builders, painless solution to aging?

Correction or prevention of disorders related to aging, such as the progressive loss of muscle tone or osteoporosis, could benefit from a study currently being undertaken the European Space Agency (ESA) in Toulouse. During this clinical experience unusual twelve volunteers will be bedridden for three weeks, three times by October 2013.
reduction in muscle strength, as well as the decrease in bone density causing osteoporosis, are phenomena that occur gradually from a certain age.

However, these conditions are very similar to that experienced by astronauts in weightlessness, although the space they are considerably greater. Where the interest of the ESA, which would well in the context of long-term spaceflight-find effective responses against these physiological events, while helping to define preventive methods that we could all benefit indirectly one day .
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L reduction in muscle strength, as well as the decrease in bone density causing osteoporosis, are phenomena that occur gradually from a certain age.

However, these conditions are very similar to that experienced by astronauts in weightlessness, although the space they are considerably greater. Where the interest of the ESA, which would well in the context of long-term spaceflight-find effective responses against these physiological events, while helping to define preventive methods that we could all benefit indirectly one day .
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Thus the twelve volunteers selected by the Medes , the Toulouse Institute specializes in this type of study of human physiology, will remain bedridden throughout the experiment, the head slightly lower than the feet, with absolute prohibition get up!

Even to their natural needs, or their toilet, an extremely ingenious were developed so that they have a special bathroom, a kind of large container in which they can be showered while remaining in their slightly inclined supine

Divided into three groups of four, they will be subject to different protocols, which may shed light on these disorders related to aging as well as the absence of gravity. These protocols should especially allow a glimpse of effective responses as applicable, on earth, ordinary mortals.
As bodybuilders

All volunteers must remain lying down on a bed tilted backwards at an angle of 6 degrees. This is the only constraint to a first group of four, which will be the reference group. The second group will be more amenable to exercise specific kinds of cons-measures which will hopefully benefit in terms of muscle tone. The four volunteers latter group, which will do the same exercise, they will also be fed a special diet rich in protein.

Indeed, while all volunteers receive a basic balanced with caloric intake is strictly determined and whose components (proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids) are meticulously weighed each meal, the third group will offer a very special diet. Their diet is enriched with whey protein, the famous protein whey which rely followers of bodybuilding and bodybuilding to the extreme, the "whey protein" well known builders.

While it is estimated that the body needs every day of one gram of protein per pound of body weight, these volunteers will administer an almost twice as high. This is why they will also potassium bicarbonate to prevent it results in acidification of the blood which could increase the demineralization of the skeleton.
Until October 2013

The original experiment that could one day benefit for seniors who want to stay in shape as long as possible, be repeated three times at 4-month intervals.

Thus, after the first period ended in late 2012, a second phase of experience occur in April-May 2013, and a third in October.

In addition, to increase the value of this study, each volunteer will successively part of the the controller groups, the teams "exercise," as well as the group "exercise more dietary supplement."

The findings of this experiment will be drawn at the end of 2013 at best, but doctors expect much. We'll see if the administration of a diet of the same nature, with or without physical stimulation of muscle, is likely to limit the loss of muscle mass in the elderly.

To validate their findings, doctors submit the twelve volunteers an impressive battery of measures and tests. And the least we can say is that these twelve individuals, the community which will surely one day will hardly accountable-an easy life three times during the three weeks they spend in bed.

Awakened from 8 hours to 22 hours, they will be permanently in the hands of scientists and physicians.
Continuing medical

Sessions of several hours of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allow for example to monitor muscle volume of their lower limbs, as well as the health of cartilage in their knees.

In parallel, several continuous recording of cardiac activity, 24 hours, complement the blood tests done almost daily, and in which doctors seek to detect any variation in metabolism.

Regarding the last bone mass, although the relatively short duration of the experiment can not promise definitive lessons, we will proceed still a regular monitoring of bone markers, while some images scanner will detect if applicable, any change in bone microarchitecture.

To keep fit, older people should they ever feed as some of the participants in this experiment Toulouse and swallow what is now the preserve of bodybuilders? Will they engage in physical exercises similar, perhaps using equipment that could be developed specifically as a result of this study?

The answer will certainly be more complex and nuanced. But no doubt that the original experiment conducted in Toulouse currently contribute to a better prevention of age-related disorders.