Participate in the MiMER study

A major threat to healthy aging is the progressive loss of muscle that occurs with advancing age. While exercise plays an important role in maintaining muscle health, our muscles become less responsive to exercise as we age. Therefore, we are investigating whether an antioxidant supplement can improve muscle health and exercise responses in people aged between 65 and 80 years.

Participation in this study involves attending our laboratory in Fitzroy five times over approximately three months. The study involves:

• consuming a supplement for 12 weeks
• blood and urine samples
• muscle biopsies
• exercise on a stationary bike.

Benefits include:

• receiving individual test results on your fitness level and other information

To be eligible for this study you must:

• be aged between 65 and 80 years
• be generally healthy with no diseases that impact your muscles or put you at increased risk from performing exercise
• currently complete less than 2.5 hours of physical activity per week.

To read the Participant Information Letter and find out if you are eligible, please complete the screening questionnaire. 

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