Carbohydrates slow the muscle atrophy

Research by US scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has just been published in The Lancet, showing that carbohydrate-rich diets (including sugar, starch, fiber) and many calories can be made. slow development of muscular atrophy (ALS).

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After experiments showed that diets high in calories and fat made mice with ALS live longer than other foods, the team tested on 20 ALS patients divided into 3 groups. The first group was fed foods high in carbohydrates and calories, the second group used foods high in fat and calories, the third group was fed according to the standard to maintain weight for comparison.

This food regime is kept for 4 months and the patient's condition is followed up 5 months later. The team found that patients taking foods rich in carbohydrates and calories experienced only 23 unexpected medical incidents compared to 42 incidents in the comparison group.

ALS is a motor neuron disease, which attacks the brain and spinal nerve cells, leading to muscle atrophy, which makes it difficult for patients to move limbs, difficulty swallowing, breathless and difficult to pronounce. The disease often leads to respiratory failure and death about 3 years after diagnosis.