Protein intake and risk of frailty among older women in the Nurses' Health Study.

Ellen A StruijkTeresa T FungFernando Rodríguez-ArtalejoHeike A Bischoff-FerrariFrank B HuWalter C WillettEsther Lopez-Garcia

Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2022)

A higher intake of plant protein, but not animal or dairy protein, was associated with a lower risk of frailty. Substitution of plant protein for animal protein, especially non-dairy animal protein, was associated with lower risk of frailty.

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