Could a Simple Protein Top-Up Help You Stay Strong as You Age?

Protein supplements aren't just for bodybuilders. Used as a top-up, they may help older adults, plant-based eaters and others close a real protein gap.

For most of my career, I’d have told you protein shakes were firmly gym-bro territory.

I prescribed them in the hospital, sure: post-surgical patients who couldn’t eat enough, people recovering from serious illness. But for healthy folk going about their normal lives? A waste of money at best, and probably a nudge toward worse long-term health.

Then I to…