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Did you know that the best medicine for weakness and muscle loss is exercise?

With the help of regular exercise, you can improve your strength, balance and independence – even in your senior years!

It's never too late to build muscles and it can also have a profound impact on your mental and emotional health.

The benefits of exercise are numerous:

• It helps you maintain independence in performing daily activities.

• It strengthens your heart and improves your lung function.

• It helps you sleep better.

•  It wards off depression.

• It increases blood flow to the brain to keep your mind sharp and possibly reduce your risk of stroke.

Here's more on how you can delay muscle loss.




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