The Claim

In adults aged 65 and older, consumption of minimally processed pork and lentils within a plant-forward diet maintains grip strength and chair-rise performance over an 18-week period.

Source: Effects of Minimally Processed Red Meat Within a Plant-Forward Diet on Biomarkers of Physical and Cognitive Aging: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Feeding Trial

What the research says

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In plain English

In adults aged 65 and older, eating minimally processed pork and lentils as part of a plant-forward diet does not reduce grip strength or the ability to rise from a chair over 18 weeks.

See the scientific wording

In adults aged 65 and older, both minimally processed pork and lentils within a plant-forward diet maintain grip strength and chair-rise performance over 18 weeks, suggesting that neither protein source negatively impacts functional physical performance during weight loss.

Why this might work

When older adults eat protein from pork or lentils while losing weight, their muscles keep making new proteins and sending strong signals to their nerves, so they stay strong enough to grip and stand up.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Effects of Minimally Processed Red Meat Within a Plant-Forward Diet on Biomarkers of Physical and Cognitive Aging: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Feeding Trial

    When older adults lost weight eating either lean pork or lentils as their main protein in a healthy, plant-rich diet, their ability to grip things and stand up from a chair stayed the same—neither food made them weaker.

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