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#423: Zoya Huschtscha, PhD – Understanding Sarcopenia & Potential Interventions

Sigma Nutrition Radio

Danny Lennon

Sigma, Dietetics, Evidencebased, Nutrition, Training, Health & Fitness, Science, Diet, Fitness, Evidence, Bodybuilding, Health

4.8 β€’ 626 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Zoya Huschtscha, PhD is a researcher and assistant lecturer at Monash University (Australia), in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. She completed her PhD at the same institution, where her research focused on interventions to prevent and treat sarcopenia; i.e. the loss of muscle function and mass, typically with age. Zoya also has a Masters of Dietetics. In addition to her academic work, she works in private practice as a sports dietitian.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Sigma Nutrition Radio. This is episode 423 of the podcast. I'm your host, Danny Lennon. Thank you, everyone,

0:24.6

for either being a returning listener, or maybe this is the first time you were listening in.

0:28.6

Regardless, you are welcome to the podcast. Thank you, everyone who has sent kind feedback in

0:34.9

about some of our recent podcast episodes. A number of them seem to have

0:38.5

struck a chord with a large majority of our listenerships. That's awesome. Thank you. If you've

0:43.8

had nice things to say or have shared that around the internet or have left reviews on iTunes

0:49.6

or Apple Podcasts as it is now, all of that stuff is very, very much appreciated. So thank you for doing

0:55.6

that. It does really make a difference and it's also great to see. Today, I'm going to be talking

1:02.0

with Dr. Zoya Huchcha, who is a researcher and assistant lecturer at Monash University in Australia,

1:09.0

where she's in the Department of Nutrition and

1:11.4

dietetics. And she completed her PhD at the same institution where her research focused on

1:17.3

interventions to prevent and treat sarcopenia. So this loss of muscle function and mass that can

1:24.6

occur and typically with age, although not necessarily.

1:29.3

Zoya also has a master's of dietetics, and so in addition to her academic work,

1:34.2

she works in private practice as a sports dietitian.

1:38.2

And today our focus is going to be in on that topic of sarcopenia, and some of the issues

1:44.1

related to that.

1:44.9

So we'll get into concepts like anabolic resistance.

1:47.4

We'll look at muscle protein balance.

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And then we'll try and get down to some of the practical strategies that may be beneficial

1:54.2

to offset some of the downsides or maybe act as a preventative measure or then also in cases where psychopinia is

2:02.5

established what would be a beneficial way to go, as well as then looking at how other things

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