Studies show the importance of protein in the diet to support the muscles of the body, but if you want to keep your body healthy with age, you should choose a specific type of protein according to research.
A new study published in the British journal Muscle sarcopenia and catechisma looked at data on more than 85,000 women over the age of 60 and noted that some of them experience "lower physical strength", and the result was apparently linked to protein.
The researchers found that eating plant-based protein as opposed to animal protein or dairy had better results when it came to reducing the risk of poor strength.
"Among the general public, diets that lack animal protein are often met with unfounded suspicion," said dietitian Trista Best.
"Knowing that a plant-based diet would have better health outcomes than a primarily animal-based diet, these frailty findings are still interesting to listen to," Best added.
The difference between animal and plant proteins is due to the amino acids that most of them contain, and according to the National Library of Medicine Medline Plus: “When proteins are digested or broken down, the amino acids are left.”
Our bodies use amino acids to make proteins to help the body do various things like repairing body tissues and muscle tissues being among the four main types of tissues in our bodies that definitely benefit in this way.
"Protein is made up of 20 amino acids, nine of which must be ingested through external sources because the body cannot make them on its own," Best says.
"Animal proteins contain all nine essential amino acids while most plant proteins do not, although there are a few," she adds.
The study shows that plant foods can make a complete protein (a protein that contains all nine essential amino acids) and to get a complete plant protein, you can combine chickpea flakes, pita, beans and rice.
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