{"id":67116,"date":"2026-09-15T08:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67116"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:32:55","slug":"breakfast-choices-to-reduce-muscle-loss-after-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67116","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast Choices To Reduce Muscle Loss After 60"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sarcopenia.jpg\" alt=\"Sarcopenia\" width=\"1111\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sarcopenia.jpg 1111w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sarcopenia-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sarcopenia-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sarcopenia-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Discover the 5 breakfast foods you may want to rethink after 60 and 5 better options that can help support muscle health, strength, and mobility.<\/p>\n<p>(Tom: One thing the video does not emphasize enough is that over 60 year olds need to pass a 30 gram protein intake threshhold at breakfast to activate muscle growth. This must contain 2.6 or more grams of the amino acid Leucine. That would require 5-6 eggs!<\/p>\n<p>Whey protein is high in Leucine so adding that to your breakfast routine is a good call.<\/p>\n<p>As is my Protein Blend: https:\/\/www.healthelicious.com.au\/NutriBlast-Protein-Blend.html)<\/p>\n<p>Click to view the video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qFGNuLXmvoc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the 5 breakfast foods you may want to rethink after 60 and 5 better options that can help support muscle health, strength, and mobility. (Tom: One thing the video does not emphasize enough is that over 60 year olds need to pass a 30 gram protein intake threshhold at breakfast to activate muscle growth. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67116\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Breakfast Choices To Reduce Muscle Loss After 60&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67118,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67116\/revisions\/67118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}