Rhonda Patrick· PhD
So the strength and the power is really the key point, even something as simple as walking speed, what we call normal gait speed. And, you know, the example I like to give is to say, you know, you're standing at an intersection. The walk signal comes on, and, you know, there's a certain distance you got to cross in a certain amount of time. So you need a certain gait speed. You know, not that the motorist hopefully wouldn't stop, but, you know, you're under pressure to make it across an intersection, let's say. It's important. And we know, you know, fully that once you get to a certain level of strength, your gait speed drops. It becomes more difficult to do activities of daily living, and then you're looking at full-time institutionalized care.