Why You Lose Muscle Mass As You Age

And How to Stop and Even Reverse It

The average person loses 30% of their muscle mass by the time they’re 60.

But thanks to a new breakthrough, you can stay strong and independent as you age — and even have more muscle than you did when you were younger!

If you would like to stay strong and independent as you age, still able to do the things you want, fit and healthy, then listen to my story. Because it's not just my story -- It's your story too.

My name is Dr. David Minkoff. I'm a medical Director at one of the foremost alternative medical clinics in the United States, Lifeworks Wellness Center, and I've been practicing medicine for over 40 years (I'm 71).

I exercise daily. I watch what I eat (in fact, you might call me a "health nut"). And I use anti-aging treatments like oxidative medicine and bio-identical hormone replacement. In short, I do everything right -- and I should know. I'm a doctor, right? So, with all of that, you'd think I would have no trouble staying strong and youthful.

Except... I wasn't. I noticed that, despite my regimens, which I had done for years, I was losing muscle mass as I got older. And, no matter what I did, I couldn't stop it. Even worse than this though, I started getting injuries more often when I exercised. And one was worse than all the rest. I pulled a hamstring muscle... and couldn't get it to heal. I tried chiropractors, acupuncture, body work, and much more -- nothing worked.

This was upsetting, and not a little embarrassing. If anyone should know what to do it was me. I was used to such an active life. I mean, I did full Ironman Triathlons up to this point. Now I couldn't do anything.

Then I came came across what I can only describe as a breakthrough that changed not only my own life, but everyone I've worked with since then -- all of my patients. Within four weeks of using this breakthrough I had healed my hamstring completely. and even more... I had put on 12 lbs of lean body mass. And that without any additional exercise or any other lifestyle changes.

Now I'm 71 and in better shape than people 30 years younger. My muscles are strong. My abs are flat and hard. My body fat percentage is only 8% and I STILL compete in Ironman Triathlons!

You've probably heard of this race. It consists of a 2-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle race, and a 26-mile marathon. And there's no break.

Well, I've now completed over 40 Ironman Triathlons, my last one just last year -- and I feel great! Don't believe me? Take a look at these medals. I'm very proud of them.

So What's My Secret?

So, what was this breakthrough that caused me to not only stop my muscle loss, but actually reverse it? And, even more, help me to heal my "un-healable" hamstring so I could get back in the race?

Believe it or not, it’s protein. Yes... protein. But don't shake your head yet.

I didn’t get these amazing results by just eating more protein or drinking protein shakes. No, I got these results by getting my body to make more protein!

That's right, I got my body to make more protein by giving it what it actually needed. And, in a moment, I’m going to show you exactly how I did it. But first, let’s go over why proteins are so important.

You see, proteins form your muscles, ligaments, bones, skin, and hair. They form the connective tissue that holds you together. They even make up the “messengers” in your body… including your hormones, your immune cells, your enzymes, and your brain chemicals.

Now, think about that for a moment. Think about what that means. If you don’t have enough proteins, you lose muscle mass and put on extra weight. Your hair gets brittle and your skin sags. Your bones become weaker. Your immune system becomes sluggish. Your injuries stop healing fully. They can't. They don't have enough of what they need to do so.

Your body literally becomes unable to fully repair itself, much like a mechanic who can only get half of the replacement parts he needs. He'll never fix the car. He doesn't hjave the parts necessary to do so.

But that’s not all. With a lack of protein your sex drive suffers. You become anxious or depressed. You become more likely to fall and suffer a hip fracture… and less likely to recover from it.

I’m sure you can see why proteins are so important... and why not having enough can be bad for your health -- in many ways. You may even be thinking of certain things right now that aren't healing fully, or causing you trouble. Things you've been trying to handle for a while now that you just can't. I understand. I was there too.

Alright. So where do all these important proteins come from? Don't they just come from our diet? Well, that’s not entirely accurate. The truth is that proteins are made by your body. And they're made from amino acids. Where your diet is important is in supplying these amino acids, the building blocks necessary to create proteins.

How It Works

First, let's look at what most people assume happens. Most people think we eat food (meat, protein shakes, beans, etc) and this gets broken down in our digestive system into proteins. These proteins then go to our muscles or wherever needed and there we have it, right?

Actually, it goes much deeper.

Let's say you're eating meat or fish or a protein bar. It goes into your stomach and begins to be digested. It's broken down not into proteins, but into amino acids, the building blocks of protein. This is even true with protein powder and collagen. Once it enters your digestive tract it's all broken down into amino acids.

These amino acids then move through your small intestine and into your bloodstream and are distributed throughout your body, wherever they're needed most, and turned into the type of protein needed: muscle, organ cells, hormones, etc.

The Dietary Protein Trap

However, not all the amino acids are turned into proteins. Some of them are turned into glucose and are burned for energy.

This is a remnant of our caveman days. When we were cavemen, food was scarce. So we needed to be able to get energy regardless of what food we ate.

Berries? No problem. They contain carbs that are burned for energy. Nuts? They contain fats that are burned for energy. Freshly killed animal? Some of the protein in the meat is broken down into amino acids and turned into lean body mass … and the rest of it is turned into glucose for energy.

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How You Can Tell

So how can you find out if your body is using a protein for muscle or simply for excess glucose? Scientists have studied this very question in-depth and come to a conclusion: amino acids contain nitrogen, and when they’re turned into proteins, the nitrogen remains in your body as part of the protein. But when amino acids are converted into sugar, the nitrogen passes into your urine.

So if you want to know whether your amino acids are truly turning into protein or simply into sugar, you can measure the amount of nitrogen in your urine.

This measurement is called Amino Acid Utilization (AAU.) Here's how it works:

If a dietary protein has an AAU of 100%, that implies there is no nitrogen in your urine and that the body is using 100% of the amino acids in the food you ate to build bodily protein. This is ideal.

However, if a protein source has an AAU of 10%, that means your body is only using 10% of the amino acids to make bodily protein. That means the other 90% is being converted into sugar -- definitely not ideal!

So what’s the ideal source of dietary protein, the source with the highest AAU? Scientists have found it's breast milk, with an AAU of 49%. This makes sense, considering babies need an efficient protein source in their diet. But as we're not infants... it's not really an option for us. So what’s the next best source?

That would be whole eggs with an AAU of 47%. The crucial key? They must be whole eggs. Despite the popularity of egg whites amongst so-called health circles, without the yolk, an egg’s AAU drops a whopping 30% down to only 17%. This is because the egg yolk contains the essential amino acid methionine. So, without the yolk, an egg’s protein-building value is greatly diminished.

After whole eggs would be meat, poultry, and fish, all at an equal AAU of 32%. Beyond that, it’s a straight shot downhill….

The Truth About Protein Shakes

Where are all of those expensive protein powders that are supposedly so great at building muscle? They come in at a disappointing 17% AAU. This is any protein powder, whether made of soy, dairy, or even egg. Again, that means that 83% of the protein is turned into sugar in your body.

Since we’re on the topic of health trends, many people have been hearing about spirulina as a popular protein supplement made of algae. Depending on the brand, however, spirulina has an AAU of between 0-6%. It’s almost worthless as a protein source.

But let's get back to the original topic: Why do people lose so much lean body mass as they get older? Well, there are three main reasons:

First, they're not eating enough protein. Second, they're eating the wrong sources of protein. And third, they're not digesting their protein — because it doesn't matter if you eat the right kind of protein if you can't digest it. You need to be able to break it down into the amino acids.

This means that it’s not enough to simply eat the proper proteins; you also need the ability to digest those proteins and then have the body break them into AA’s. Unfortunately, as we age, our digestive systems tend to slow down and weaken. Less stomach acid and digestive enzymes are produced, which can bring everything down.

Unfortunately, as we get older, our digestive systems become weaker. We produce less digestive stomach acid and digestive enzymes. From here it's a downward spiral.

But... Do you remember when I said that enzymes are actually proteins? That's right. So it would make sense that if one was deficient in protein, they would be deficient in digestive enzymes. And this would then make it harder to break down proteins into amino acids and then they would have even less protein, etc.

But what if you could skip all that? What if you didn't need to break down proteins into he amino acids, but could bypass that. What if you could just take the essential amino acids?

Well, in that case they would bypass your digestive system and go directly into your bloodstream where they would be used to build muscle, bone, connective tissue, hormones, enzymes and much more.

And that's what I did. I took the amino acids orally — but not just any amino acids.

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The Exact Ratios Necessary

But I didn’t just go to a whole foods store and buy an amino acid product. Why? Because you can’t just take random amino acids and expect any results. You have to take the exact right amino acids in the correct ratios.

Let me explain. We've already covered the proteins are made up of amino acids. But what you might not know is that some of those amino acids were made by the body itself, and some it had to get from food sources because it isn't able to make them itself — 8 in particular. That's why these 8 are called the essential amino acids.

Okay, great. So that's that. Just take the 8 essential amino acids and we've got it, right? Not quite... You would think that if you took all 8 essential amino acids, your body would turn all of them to protein. That’s what I always thought, because that’s what we learned in medical school. But, like many things I learned in school, there’s a bit more to it.

You see, we can’t just take those 8 amino acids and call it quits. They need to be in balance, in the correct ratio, one to the next. Because otherwise, we may end up with too much of one amino acid and not enough of another.

This is because a protein molecule isn't made up of 1 of each of the essential amino acids. It's a certain amount of this one and a certain amount that one, etc.

Imagine a bicycle factory. And imagine you lots of handlebars and seats and frames.

But you only had two tires, enough for one bike. Well, it doesn’t matter how many of the other parts you have; if you only have one pair of tires, and each bicycle needs two, then you can only make one bicycle! The rest of the parts go to waste.

That’s what happens when you take amino acids in the wrong ratios. Remember when I said that when you eat meat your body only gets 32% of the protein?

That's because the amino acids in meat are not in the exact right ratios. There's only enough to turn 32% of them into protein. So the extra aminos get turned into sugar.

"I’ve been a PerfectAmino user since 2004. That's 14 years. And in those 14 years I have won 7 Ironman Age-Group World Championships and 3 Ironman 70.3 World Championships. But I think the most interesting thing is during those 14 years, I've aged from age 60 to 74... I take a dose of PerfectAmino after every workout... And between the PerfectAmino and rest, my body is able to rebuild and recover."

-Cherie

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The breakthrough that got me back in the race and has helped tens of

thousands of people ever since.

This is where we get to the breakthrough: We now have a perfectly-balanced formula of essential amino acids, aptly named PerfectAmino. How do I know it's perfectly balanced? It has an AAU (Amino Acid Utilization) of 99%. As we discussed earlier, this means that 99% of the amino acids in the product are available to be used by the body and only 1% is wasted.

Now, back to where this all started: in just a few weeks of taking this amino acid formula I had healed my persistent hamstring injury AND managed to put on 12 pounds of Lean Body Mass!

I was so excited about these incredible results that I started giving PerfectAmino to my patients, and they saw the same results I had: more muscle and reduced fat, stronger nails and hair, an overall increase in quality of life and well-being.

But remember, I'm not just a doctor, I’m also a triathlete. So of course I started giving PerfectAmino my friends who are also triathletes.

One of my friends competes in the Iron Man World Championship every year in Kona, Hawaii. He always gets there early to do a 145 mile bike ride to see what kind of shape he's in.

Well, after taking my PerfectAmino, and then going on his bike ride, he called me in a panic, asking if there were banned substances in what I gave him and worried he wouldn't be allowed to compete because of that. Why? He had cut a half hour off of his time. I laughed and assured him that PerfectAmino contains just that: essential amino acids. (And since you were wondering, my friend won the World Championship that year.)

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What Does This Mean For You?

Since that time, thousands of people have tried and come to love PerfectAmino. And you can, too. It's really very simple. Like a car, your body needs exact things, and enough of them, in order to run right. If it doesn't have them — it won't. It factually cannot.

But, with the right ingredients, you can regain your youthful physique. You can bulletproof your body against the conventional idea of age-bound frailty and, instead, maintain an optimal state of well-being and corresponding quality of life.

You can be strong, energetic, and get done those things you want to get done, living an independent lifestyle without the fear of a debilitating fall or dependence on another for your daily life activities.

But if increased muscle mass and bone density isn’t enough, PerfectAmino also helps you with the following:

1. Lose weight... and keep it off.
In a clinical study, 500 overweight participants were put on a diet of healthy vegetables and fats. The plot twist? They were given aminos as their sole protein source — no others allowed. Participants lost between 2-16 pounds a week, all while retaining muscle mass. This is actually similar to what I do with my current clients. They are losing weight and maintaining their new physique, all without hunger or the sense of deprivation they historically associated with dieting.

2. Get more youthful skin and hair
The people in the above weight-loss study didn’t just lose weight — they also reported younger-looking skin and shinier, stronger hair. That’s because youthful skin and hair have more collagen, and collagen is made from — you guessed it — protein!

3. Improved endurance
In one study, a 51-year-old female athlete hiked for 341 miles with a 48-pound backpack. Beyond these already impressive statistics, this hike was in the Taklimakan Desert, with treacherous terrain and daily temperatures ranging from scalding heat to sub-freezing. During the hike, this woman took the amino tablets as her single source of dietary protein. The doctors monitoring her expected her to wither away and experience extreme adverse effects. Instead, she actually increased Lean Body Mass, red blood cells and hemoglobin. And she lowered her resting heart rate and improved her cardiorespiratory capacity.

4. Prevent injuries

I have a friend who works with professional cyclists. He found that no matter what kind of treatments these cyclists were given, they inevitably developed injuries after long-distance races. But when I gave my friend the aminos and my friend gave them to cyclists, they remained injury-free!

5. Strengthen bones

Collagen is critical for strong bones. In fact, bones are composed almost entirely of minerals (like calcium) plus collagen. It’s the collagen that binds the minerals together. So if you don’t have enough collagen, the minerals will leak out of your bones and can form kidney stones, plaque, or other adverse health effects! But when you DO have enough collagen, the minerals stay in your bones and keep them strong.

6. Support better mental concentration and mood

Your mood and concentration are governed by brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are proteins. And to make them, your body needs to have the right balance of aminos.

7. Boost immunity

Antibodies fight off infections. Antibodies are made of protein. So when your body has the right protein building blocks, it can make plenty of antibodies.

8. Help alleviate food sensitivities

If you suffer from food sensitivities, you may have leaky gut. Those leaky membranes allow undigested food particles to go into your bloodstream, which causes your immune system to attack itself. But the good news: your gut membranes are made of proteins. It’s no wonder that I give PerfectAmino to my patients with leaky gut.

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