436: Optimal protein & strength training for longevity | Functional medicine doctor Gabrielle Lyon, D.O.

The mindbodygreen Podcast

mindbodygreen

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Gabrielle Lyon, D.O.: “Muscle is the organ of longevity, and it really dictates everything about health and wellness.” Gabrielle, a functional medicine physician, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss what you need to know about muscle-centric medicine, plus: - Why muscle is the organ of longevity (~01:02) - How much muscle mass you need for a longer life (~02:55) - The best exercises in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s & beyond (~11:49) - How long you actually need to workout to reap the benefits (~20:16) - Why your workouts should always be somewhat challenging (~28:26) - Why Pilates alone is not sufficient (~32:15) - How much protein you need to maintain muscle mass (~40:27) - Why you should look at the leucine content of your food (~49:25) - The top plant & animal sources of protein (~53:50) - How to know if you actually need protein post-workout (~55:11) - How gaining muscle mass can ultimately help you lose weight (~58:12) Referenced in the episode: - Learn more about Gabrielle and muscle-centric medicine. - A paper on exercise as medicine for chronic disease. - ISSN paper on protein intake. - A study on protein overfeeding & body fat. - Learn more about Andy Galpin, Ph.D. - A study on adolescents, protein intake & healthy eating habits. - A study on protein intake & "younger" muscles. We’re having our first ever mindbodygreen birthday sale! Save up to 30% off across all our supplements and personal care products when you visit shop.mindbodygreen.com. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on Youtube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
0:07.2	Dr. Gabrielle Lyon received her doctorate in osteopathic medicine from the Arizona
0:12.3	College of osteopathic medicine at his board-certified and family medicine. She earned her
0:17.5	undergrad degree in human nutrition from the University of Illinois where she studied
0:21.6	vitamin and mineral metabolism, chronic disease prevention, and management and the physiological
0:27.1	effects of diet composition. She also completed a research clinical fellowship in nutritional
0:32.4	science and geriatrics at Washington University in St. Louis. And what I find so interesting is
0:39.8	she's coined this practice of what she calls muscle-centric medicine, which can benefit your muscle
0:46.4	health through a protein-smart diet, exercise, and lifestyle shifts, which is what we're going to
0:52.3	discuss today. Gabrielle, welcome. Hi Jason, so happy to be here. So great to finally have you.
0:59.1	I am fascinated by what you call muscle-centric medicine. So let's start there. How do you
1:08.5	define muscle-centric medicine? Muscle-centric medicine is this concept that muscle is the organ
1:15.4	of longevity. And it really dictates everything about health and wellness. Right now, we are so
1:23.9	focused on obesity. And I would argue that we are not overfat, but as a society we're actually
1:31.6	under-muscled. And muscle has always been the star in the fitness world, and really as it
1:39.8	relates to aesthetics and athletic performance. The reality is, though, muscle is an endocrine organ,
1:47.7	and it secretes myochines when you contract it. It is an endocrine organ just like the thyroid
1:53.9	is an organ, and it interfaces with all systems in the body in a much more potent way than any kind
2:02.4	of one single medication. And the concept of muscle-centric medicine is that muscle is the pinnacle,
2:10.9	not the periphery of health and wellness. Please me to a lot of questions in terms of what
2:17.0	is enough? I think I tend or we tend to think of longevity, and there's certain biomarkers,
2:25.3	if you will, you want to focus on. So maybe it's APOB if you're concerned about cardiovascular health,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from mindbodygreen, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of mindbodygreen and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.