When you get sick or have an accident, you know it’s time to use Medicare or other health insurance. But what about when you aren’t sick or injured?

Dr. Dimitri Cefalu received his bachelor’s degree in zoology from Rutgers University in Newark, N.J. and his medical degree from the University of Palermo in Palermo, Italy.

After age 30, people gradually begin to lose muscle mass. By age 75, about 25% of men and 75% of women can’t lift more than ten pounds of weight. Every decade of your life, you can lose up to five to seven pounds of muscle tissue. But there is a way to beat the averages.