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So it's playing out like this. Build up your muscle, stay fit; it's our reserve against a catabolic episode (1). When you relax and put your feet up, things go south (fast) and take, it appears, a long-time to recover (2).

Now this pandemic has provided a blanket catabolic episode for lots of people, and the age demographics and poor metabolic health of folks don't bode well (3). People can say it 'only' kills older people and those with pre-existing conditions, but who in NA is healthy anymore?

Lack of sleep, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, cancer is prevalent, plus exposure to a test of immunity and resilience equals a poor outcome? Likely never been a time, and hopefully, there will never be another time when the message of building resilience to a catabolic threat

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REFERENCES

1.Bell et al. J Frailty Aging 2016;5(1):33-41. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26980367
2.McGlory et al. J Gerontol. Series A. 2018;73(8):1070-7.
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