Synergistic Use of Higher-Protein Diets or Nutritional Supplements with Resistance Training to Counter Sarcopenia.

Resistance exercise training helps older people treat sarcopenia. The consumption of diets that include sources of high-quality protein and total protein intakes that are moderately above the recommended dietary allowance of 0.8 g · kg-1 · d-1 while regularly performing resistance exercises can help older people retain or increase whole-body fat-free mass and muscle mass. Limited research suggests that proteinenriched nutritional supplements do not influence training-induced improvements when adequate dietary protein is consumed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]