What up family, it's episode 241 of the Genius Life. Let's go.

What's going on everybody? We back! Welcome to another episode of The Genius Life.

I'm your host Max Lugavira Filmmaker, health and science journalist and New York Times best-selling

author. I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind our choices,

including what we eat and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical performance,

how we feel and our health span and risk for disease. This podcast is all about how to live in

that optimal state, which I call living like a genius. Guys, on today's episode of the show,

we welcome Angelo Keely. Angelo is the CEO and founder, co-founder with Ben Greenfield of Keion.

Keion is a sponsor of this podcast and they make wonderful products that I routinely use

from their essential amino acids to their way protein isolate. Their stuff is super high quality

and when it comes to boosting your protein intake or your essential amino acid intake,

they are a fantastic option and we're going to talk a little bit about why you may choose to do

either of those things. Over the course of the next hour and some odd minutes,

you're going to discover why protein is called the building block of life and how muscle protein

synthesis actually works in the body. Angelo is going to share how much protein you should be

consuming daily and why adults over 40 need higher amounts of protein to maintain their muscle mass.

We're going to talk about commonly used measures of protein quality and why Angelo considers

animal protein to be more digestible and a superior source of essential amino acids compared to plant

protein. We are going to talk about essential amino acid supplementation whether or not they

are right for you. Given your goals, we're going to talk about the potential benefits of collagen

supplementation. We're going to talk about protein timing and the important differences between plant

based protein powders and dairy based protein powders and so much more. I love having this chat with

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