{"id":1559,"date":"2026-02-07T06:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2026-02-07T06:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:01:21","slug":"soy-protein-preserves-muscle-health-in-older-adults-via-the-gut-muscle-axis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/soy-protein-preserves-muscle-health-in-older-adults-via-the-gut-muscle-axis\/","title":{"rendered":"Soy Protein Preserves Muscle Health in Older Adults via the Gut\u2013Muscle Axis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 12-week randomized controlled trial in older adults showed that daily intake of 30 g soy protein preserved muscle mass and improved muscle performance compared with usual diet, alongside beneficial shifts in the gut microbiome. The intervention increased short-chain fatty acid\u2013producing bacteria, reduced taxa linked to poorer muscle outcomes, enriched amino acid metabolism and vitamin biosynthesis pathways, and depleted inflammatory microbial pathways. Transient increases in butyrate and branched-chain SCFAs correlated with functional muscle improvements, supporting a gut muscle axis mechanism. These findings suggest soy protein as an effective nutritional strategy to help counter sarcopenia by promoting a healthier, functionally supportive gut microbiota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jcsm.70212\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jcsm.70212<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-week randomized controlled trial in older adults showed that daily intake of 30 g soy protein preserved muscle mass and improved muscle performance compared with usual diet, alongside beneficial shifts in the gut microbiome. The intervention increased short-chain fatty acid\u2013producing bacteria, reduced taxa linked to poorer muscle outcomes, enriched amino acid metabolism and vitamin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1560,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions\/1560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}