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Research shows aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly

Recent studies have shown that insulin provides crucial assistance in building muscle, and that its ability to do so drops off dramatically in the elderly. Now, a study by medical researchers in Texas and California suggests that a simple, cost-free therapy appears to largely overcome that drop-off in insulin response: moderate aerobic exercise such as walking.

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