About this Research Topic
In an aging world, it is of paramount importance to increase disease-free years and improve and maintain functional abilities in the aging population. Even though it is well known that exercise and nutrition play a fundamental role in the elderly, the exact dosage of both to obtain the maximum result with the minimum effort has not, till now, completely understood. This aim can be achieved only by understanding how exercise and nutrition act as a synergistic couple at the organ and cellular levels during aging processes.
The aim of the current Research Topic is to cover new interdisciplinary approaches and novel research methodology in the field of nutrition and exercise for the improvement of the functionality of aging individuals from the skeletal muscle system to the cardiovascular and central nervous system. Understanding, how the exact dose and modality of exercise and nutrition can help to improve the brain’s health and cognitive performance, muscle health and daily living activities and motor performance, cardiovascular and the other major body systems’ health is of incredible importance. This would help, not only to improve life quality, and reduce drug utilization but also to reduce the increasing economic pressure on healthcare systems. Different kinds of exercise modalities act through different molecular pathways and on different targets; different nutritional approaches and macro and micronutrients affect different cellular responses; thus is essential to how the different “nuances” of exercise and nutrition may modulate aging body response and how we can optimize their interaction.
The scope of this research topic is to investigate the different approaches to exercise and nutrition and their interaction in the field of healthy aging. Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
•Macro and micronutrients in the aging process
•Different exercise modalities (resistance training, endurance training, HIIT, circuit training, etc) on skeletal muscle or other tissues or organs (heart, vessels, brain, gut, etc)
•Mediterranean diet and other diets (ketogenic diet, vegetarian diet, etc)
•Fasting
•Interaction between exercise and nutrition (protein and exercise, energy intake and exercise)
•Exercise as a hormetic factor
•Different nutrients distribution approaches
•Exercise and nutrition influence on cognitive function
•Exercise and nutrition influence on the quality of life (including sleep quality, etc)
The aim of the current Research Topic is to cover new interdisciplinary approaches and novel research methodology in the field of nutrition and exercise for the improvement of the functionality of aging individuals from the skeletal muscle system to the cardiovascular and central nervous system. Understanding, how the exact dose and modality of exercise and nutrition can help to improve the brain’s health and cognitive performance, muscle health and daily living activities and motor performance, cardiovascular and the other major body systems’ health is of incredible importance. This would help, not only to improve life quality, and reduce drug utilization but also to reduce the increasing economic pressure on healthcare systems. Different kinds of exercise modalities act through different molecular pathways and on different targets; different nutritional approaches and macro and micronutrients affect different cellular responses; thus is essential to how the different “nuances” of exercise and nutrition may modulate aging body response and how we can optimize their interaction.
The scope of this research topic is to investigate the different approaches to exercise and nutrition and their interaction in the field of healthy aging. Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
•Macro and micronutrients in the aging process
•Different exercise modalities (resistance training, endurance training, HIIT, circuit training, etc) on skeletal muscle or other tissues or organs (heart, vessels, brain, gut, etc)
•Mediterranean diet and other diets (ketogenic diet, vegetarian diet, etc)
•Fasting
•Interaction between exercise and nutrition (protein and exercise, energy intake and exercise)
•Exercise as a hormetic factor
•Different nutrients distribution approaches
•Exercise and nutrition influence on cognitive function
•Exercise and nutrition influence on the quality of life (including sleep quality, etc)
Keywords: Protein, resistance training, diet, exercise, aging, skeletal muscle, sarcopenia, muscle strength
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