Do you have difficulty climbing stairs? Or are you unable to carry heavy load? Has your hand grip loosened? These are some of the symptoms of sarcopenia, the gradual and progressive loss of muscle mass, strength and functionality due to aging that Filipinos over 50 years old are suffering from.
“Maintaining health as we age is an important concern for all adults. In healthy young adults, 30 percent of body weight is muscle, and 20 percent is adipose tissue or fat. As early as the age of 40, and by the age of 60, our body would have lost 20 percent of its total muscle mass. By age 75, our body would have only 15 percent muscle and adipose tissue or fat is 40 percent, which can hinder adults from doing daily tasks,” said Dr. Cheridine Oro-Josef, chairman of the Geriatrics Committee of the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP).
High nutritional intake of protein and vitamin D, together with regular resistance exercise, may help reduce the risk of sarcopenia and improve muscle health so adults can continue doing the activities that they enjoy such as dancing, playing sports, traveling, pursuing a new interest, or completing their bucket lists.
Seeing this need of the seniors, Enervon Prime, the nutritionally balanced milk supplement with high quality protein and vitamin D for 50 years old and above, recently launched a Senior’s Prom Series and a Seniors Productivity Fair to help adults develop an active and productive lifestyle so they can improve their muscle health.
The Seniors Prom is a series of decade-themed prom nights one Friday every month starting October until January 2015. Guests “go back in time” to sing and dance to their favorite songs from the 1950s to the 1980s. This was kicked off with the Prime Time Seniors Prom: 50’s Flashback held on October 24, at the RJ Bistro in Dusit Hotel, Makati.
The Seniors Productivity Fair, which will happen in December, is a one-day event that brings together all fun and exciting productive activities that adults can engage in like arts and crafts, fitness, travel, education, fashion, and volunteerism. Here, they can enroll in one to three month long workshops for the said activities and learn more about sarcopenia and how they can manage it.