Interestingly, a study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry found that eating apples and tomatoes could prevent age-related muscle loss.
The team found that the nutrient tomatidine found in green tomatoes, and ursolic acid found in apple peels helped significantly lower age-related muscle mass loss. Specifically, they found that muscle mass was boosted by 10 percent and muscle strength increased by 30 percent when the nutrients were consumed.
According to researcher, Dr. Christopher Adams:
“Many of us know from our own experiences that muscle weakness and atrophy are big problems as we become older. These problems have a major impact on our quality of life and health. Based on these results, ursolic acid and tomatidine appear to have a lot of potential as tools for dealing with muscle weakness and atrophy during aging.”
If retaining muscle mass (and your independence) is important to you, maybe by adding apples and green tomatoes to your diet on a regular basis you could grow older with fewer bone- and muscle-loss worries.
Vegetables can taste this good: Buy GreensFirst