date:Sep 10, 2012
half the participants also taking a fish oil supplement and half a placebo supplement.
We will monitor changes in muscle mass, volume and fat content in the participants using MRI; insulin sensitivity and inflammation in blood samples; and changes in protein synthesis and molecular signalling in muscle biopsies. These changes will indicate to us the impact of fish oil on the body in helping prevent against sarcopenia, explained Gray.
Volunteers in the study will also be timed carrying out phys