One can keep his/her muscle mass, curb hunger, reduce abdominal fat under control, as well as prevent age-related bone loss simply by following a high-protein diet for breakfast. Human beings have the power to build muscle at any point of time, no matter how old they are.

While humans maintain the ability to build muscle at any age, the effects of having not enough protein significantly increases in older people, many a time causing muscular and bone conditions like sarcopenia, which is the progressive muscle mass loss, and osteoporosis.

Almost half the bone mass in the body is constituted by protein while it forms 33 percent of our entire body mass. A diet with a high amount of proteins (between 25 and 30 grams of protein per meal for perfect quantities), if followed gives a desirable bone mass and less number of fractures when the calcium diet is sufficient.

Moreover, the use of carbohydrates in place of protein will help in checking obesity and other related ailment like Type 2 Diabetes. This shift towards a diet which is rich in protein can help reduce health costs and make the movements and independence better in older adults.