A  growing  number  of  people  stress  about  age-related  diseases  and  genetic  disorders  such  as  cancer,  Alzheimer’s  and  heart attacks  as  they  grow  older  but  they  hardly  realize  that  it  is  more  of  the  creeping  disability  and  the  inability  to  remain  energetic  which  should  be  of  a  greater  concern.  Sarcopenia  is  a  term  relating  to  the  inevitable loss  in  muscle  mass,  specifically  skeletal  muscles,  accompanied  with  aging  and  accelerating  as  aging  progresses.  Such  a  loss  is  faced  by  people  of  all  fitness  levels  including  professional  athletes,  particularly  women.

Although, according  to  another  recent  study  reported  by  an  article  in  the  American  Journal  of  Clinical  Nutrition , “loss of chronic  muscle can affect 30% of elderly above the age of 60 and 50% of those above 80”. It also mentions that, “after reaching  a  peak  in  early  adult  years,  skeletal  muscle  mass  declines  by  ~0.5-1.0%  per  year  beginning  at  about  40  years  of  age.” (Paddon-Jones, Short, Campbell, Volpi, & Wolfe, 2008) .Sarcopenia  would  continue  to  be  a  public  health  concern  specially in Canada as  increasing  number  of  baby  boomers  older  than  65  years  of  age head  towards  their  retirement. According to a statistical analysis done in year 2000 American health care costs for Sarcopenia alone was estimated  to  be  $18.5  billion (Paddon-Jones et al., 2008).