Eating protein throughout the day preserves muscle and physical function in dieting postmenopausal women, study suggests
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
Dieting postmenopausal women who want to avoid losing muscle as they lose fat should pay attention to a new study. Adding protein throughout the day not only holds hunger pangs at bay so that dieters lose more weight, it keeps body composition -- the amount of fat relative to muscle -- in better proportion.