My close friend is 59 and he looks really skinny. He has no underlying ailments. He is naturally thin and that bothers him so much that he has developed inferiority complex when among us..his friends.
He's taken eggs and a lot of akpu and eba. He even drinks beverages often, still no way.

He is so depressed that evening his wife is concerned as no clothes fit him.

Can Nairalanders please help proffer solution to this?

MODERATOR CAN YOU PLEASE PUSH THIS TO FRONT PAGE TO ALLOW MORE RESPONSES?

it's good for his age, fatness at such age comes with it's side effect

It’s not by food, it’s by lifting weights. OP lift heavy things and your figure will change.

OP, your close friend isn't eating lots of calories. Tell your friend to start eating lots of calories every 2-3 hours everyday, then he should relax and always sleep. Na people sef go dey tell am say he don fat

Gee64:
My close friend is 59 and he looks really skinny. He has no underlying ailments. He is naturally thin and that bothers him so much that he has developed inferiority complex when among us..his friends.
He's taken eggs and a lot of akpu and eba. He even drinks beverages often, still no way.

He is so depressed that evening his wife is concerned as no clothes fit him.

Can Nairalanders please help proffer solution to this?

MODERATOR CAN YOU PLEASE PUSH THIS TO FRONT PAGE TO ALLOW MORE RESPONSES?

Bro, u need to know that not all skinny persons add weight. Some are just naturally skinny. So if that person is like that, then there is nothing that person can do.

In fact, that stature is even nice at such age. This is because such a person may even look like one who is around 40.

I have a friend like that. We call him "everyday youngie" because he looks like one who is between 25 to 28 but actually he is almost 40years.

So allow that guy.

Gee64:
My close friend is 59 and he looks really skinny. He has no underlying ailments. He is naturally thin and that bothers him so much that he has developed inferiority complex when among us..his friends.
He's taken eggs and a lot of akpu and eba. He even drinks beverages often, still no way.

He is so depressed that evening his wife is concerned as no clothes fit him.

Can Nairalanders please help proffer solution to this?

MODERATOR CAN YOU PLEASE PUSH THIS TO FRONT PAGE TO ALLOW MORE RESPONSES?

it's not about eating eva,eggs and all....he can contact me he will deworm and also take agbo for him to gain weight naturally,he can take the herb alone or with milk...he'll eat,sleep well,become more fresh and gain weight,pure natural herb

muheeb01:
it's not about eating eva,eggs and all....he can contact me he will deworm and also take agbo for him to gain weight naturally,he can take the herb alone or with milk...he'll eat,sleep well,become more fresh and gain weight,pure natural herb

Herb to gain weight??

suffering:
It’s not by food, it’s by lifting weights. OP lift heavy things and your figure will change.

Your point is well taken, but muscular weight gain is best achieved with a combination of improved diet and weight lifting.

Now, noting that the person in question is almost 60 years old, he must NOT attempt to lift heavy weights right away but should start light, and thereby increase the poundage only after he becomes used to the initial lighter weights. Rushing to lift a heavy weight could result in injury at any age, but particularly if the person is older, as is the case with this man.

At 59,i will advice he eats very clean. More fruits and vegetables.less salt intake,less fried foods, consumption of whole grain foods,no junk and processed foods As far as his blood pressure and sugar levels is okay, no prostate cancer and the likes, he is good to go. He should just try to maintain a healthy lifestyle. He could start doing some light weights, he should not to attempt carrying heavy weights at all,his bone density and strength level can't sustain it at all. Moreover noone knows the condition of his heart. He can engage in body weight exercises like push-ups, pull-ups, planks, squats etc.

In addition to the above, that your friend has an ectomorphic bodytype, they are also called hardgainers. They hardly put on mass no matter the calorie intake. So the main thing for him is to maintain a healthy lifestyle and do some exercise. Maybe, just maybe, the mass will show up.

LIVINGICON:
At 59,i will advice he eats very clean. More fruits and vegetables.less salt intake,less fried foods, consumption of whole grain foods,no junk and processed foods As far as his blood pressure and sugar levels is okay, no prostate cancer and the likes, he is good to go. He should just try to maintain a healthy lifestyle. He could start doing some light weights, he should not to attempt carrying heavy weights at all,his bone density and strength level can't sustain it at all. Moreover noone knows the condition of his heart. He can engage in body weight exercises like push-ups, pull-ups, planks, squats etc.

Good suggestions all. Bone density is an important consideration for older people planning exercise regimes. Easy does it, as you say, with no ambitious attempts to be Superman in the gym.

Jakumo:


Good suggestions all. Bone density is an important consideration for older people planning exercise regimes. Easy does it, as you say, with no ambitious attempts to be Superman in the gym.

True. Even if he wanted to be a super man in the gym, that time is long gone at 59.

LIVINGICON:


True. Even if he wanted to be a super man in the gym, that time is long gone at 59.

This is the conventional wisdom, but then every rule has notable exceptions. Check out this animal aged 60. No telling if he is using testosterone injections, which damage health, or worse still, steroids, but he looks natural in the clip


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoTBdvqTR6Y

No discussion of this topic would be complete without an honorable mention of Dr. Gene James demonstrating supreme fitness aged 60 in the year 2017 when this clip was posted on youtube.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omJgJYg8PHk

Dr. Gene James is still going strong as a muffug when this new clip was posted just two DAYS ago in 2022 aged 65 years young.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15NkfoVHUao

@jakumo.
It is very possible these guyz have been into fitness all their lives and so their bone density can still withstand the rigours of heavy lifting.
Serge nubret of blessed memories trained into his sixties and was still ripped and muscular for his age. Even Dwayne Johnson at 49 is still going strong and can still lift heavy till he drops dead literally.

In summary, a man who lift heavy naturally during his younger days can still lift heavy in his old age.

LIVINGICON:
@jakumo.
It is very possible these guyz have been into fitness all their lives and so their bone density can still withstand the rigours of heavy lifting.
Serge nubret of blessed memories trained into his sixties and was still ripped and muscular for his age. Even Dwayne Johnson at 49 is still going strong and can still lift heavy till he drops dead literally.

In summary, a man who lifts heavy naturally during his younger days can still lift heavy in his old age.

This is a very good point. The benefit of weight lifting is that it preserves bone density over a lifetime, starting when people are in their late teens, with the big payoff for such healthy-living individuals bearing fruit in their above-40 years when their bones will be much stronger than those of similarly aged people who did not develop that training habit early in life.

I tire oh.

mojibbz:

Herb to gain weight??

Gee64:
I tire oh.

If you gained nothing from the points me and the other respondent made here, then you are on your own sir haha.

Ok

.

Upload his pics or we don't believe it

He should eat very well, eat, and sleep very well too, however he can buy this multivitamin Syrup "Apetamine or Apetabon" it's very effective, would make him eat very well, sleep, and gain weight.

Please specify.

Jakumo:


If you gained nothing from the points me and the other respondent made here, then you are on your own sir haha.