Essential Amino Acids and Exercise Tolerance in Elderly Muscle-Depleted Subjects with Chronic Diseases: A Rehabilitation without Rehabilitation?

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Food</td><td align="center">g</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Lean beef meat</td><td align="center">97</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Chicken (breast)</td><td align="center">74</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Mortadella</td><td align="center">131</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ham</td><td align="center">79</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Cheese (average of 6 types)</td><td align="center">105</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Canned tuna fish </td><td align="center">74</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Trout</td><td align="center">153</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Codfish</td><td align="center">97</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Eggs</td><td align="center">138</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Whole milk</td><td align="center">480</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Amount of some types of high quality protein foods containing the same amount of essential amino acids (8 g) as the pharmaceutical formula used in the studies on exercise intolerance.

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Table 5: Essential Amino Acids and Exercise Tolerance in Elderly Muscle-Depleted Subjects with Chronic Diseases: A Rehabilitation without Rehabilitation? 

Table 5 | Essential Amino Acids and Exercise Tolerance in Elderly Muscle-Depleted Subjects with Chronic Diseases: A Rehabilitation without Rehabilitation? 