VAT Trap Blog

After 60, muscle becomes deaf to protein signals. You need 3 grams of leucine per meal, not just daily totals, to flip your muscle-building switch. Same protein portions that worked at 40 barely register at 70. Threshold dosing with resistance training breaks this cycle.

Your grip strength predicts your lifespan better than how muscular you look on a scan. Modern research shows muscle function — not bulk — drives metabolic health, independence, and cardiovascular outcomes through effects on visceral fat and insulin sensitivity.