JJ Virgin4x NYTimes Best Selling Author, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Fitness Hall of Famer

#1 anti aging food 💪

24 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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JJ Virgin presents a short YouTube clip arguing that protein is the top anti-aging food. She explains protein's roles (rebuilding muscle, bone, hair/skin/nails, hormone production), highlights lysine and proline as supporting collagen synthesis, notes that aging reduces collagen production and protein utilization, and recommends increasing protein intake to about 0.8 grams per pound of ideal body weight (stating this is roughly double the current RDA).

Questions this video answers

Lysine and proline.

About 0.8 grams per pound of ideal body weight.

She says to double the current RDA.

Chapters

Number one is protein. Now, I take a protein first approach with my meals and it's especially important as you age because protein is for rebuilding. It provides the amino acids you need to build muscle, bone, and have great hair, skin and nails and make and carry hormones and much more than that. Two amino acids specifically that protein provides, lysine and proline, help support your body's collagen production. Now, as you probably are figuring out, aging decreases the synthesis of collagen, making your skin thick, thinner and more prone to damage. And as we age, it also becomes more difficult for our body to utilize dietary protein, so our requirements for it actually go up. So the current RDA was created decades ago. It was created so that we got the minimum that we needed. It shouldn't be called the Recommended Dietary Allowance, should be called the Minimum Dietary Allowance because it's not about optimal. You're going to want to Double the current RDA to get the optimal amount, which is about 0.8 grams per pound of ideal body weight.