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The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Building Muscle for Overall Health with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon | Ep 282

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9759 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

We often associate building muscle with spending lots of time at the gym. But building skeletal muscle is about more than just our strength and appearance — it actually plays a vital role in our overall wellness.

Erin sat down with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon to discuss the health benefits of skeletal muscle and how the process of strengthening our muscles impacts us. Get ready for a mindset shift from focusing on what we have to lose to instead focusing on what we have to gain!

Timestamps

(7:13) Why traits like discipline can help or hurt

(14:43) The importance of skeletal muscle & how it plays a role in different stages of your life

(25:12) Ways to involve the whole family in building healthy habits that last a lifetime

(29:58) The muscle-hormone connection

(34:55) How body composition goes beyond appearance & links to aging diseases

(40:10) How much protein you should eat (and when to eat it!) & Dr. Lyon’s favorite supplements

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Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is board certified in family medicine and completed a combined research and clinical fellowship in geriatrics and nutritional sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her undergraduate training in nutritional sciences at the University of Illinois. Dr. Lyon is a subject-matter expert and educator in the practical application of protein types and levels for health, performance, aging, and disease prevention. She has continued to receive mentorship from Dr. Donald Layman, Ph.D., over the course of two decades to help bring protein metabolism and nutrition from the bench to the bedside. Find out more at DrGabrielleLyon.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Erin Holt, and this is the Functional Nutrition Podcast where we lean into intuitive

0:07.3

functional medicine. We look at how diet, our environment, our emotions, and our beliefs

0:12.6

all affect our physical health. This podcast is your full-bodied, well-rounded resource.

0:18.8

I've got over a decade of clinical experience and because of that,

0:22.3

I've got a major bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional health care model.

0:26.5

They're both failing so many of us. But functional medicine isn't the panacea that it's made out

0:31.6

to be either. We've got some work to do. And that's why creating a new model is my life's work.

0:38.8

I believe in the ripple effect. So I founded the Functional Nutrition Academy, a school and mentorship for practitioners

0:43.6

who want to do the same. This show is for you if you're looking for new ways of thinking about

0:48.7

your health and you're ready to be an active participant in your own healing. You'll get things

0:53.4

here that you won't get

0:54.5

other places. Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never

1:00.0

be used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. I would love for you to follow the show,

1:05.5

rate, review, and share because you never know whose life you might change. And of course,

1:10.4

keep coming back for more.

1:11.8

Now give me the mic so I can take it away. All right, you guys, here's the episode that I know a lot of

1:18.6

you have been waiting for. I've got Dr. Gabrielle Lyon talking all things protein and muscle and all

1:25.7

that good stuff. If you are not familiar with her work,

1:28.9

Dr. Gabrielle Lange is board certified in family medicine and completed a combined research and

1:33.8

clinical fellowship in geriatrics and nutritional sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

1:39.8

She completed her undergraduate training in nutritional sciences at the University of Illinois.

1:44.2

Dr. Lyon is a subject matter expert and educator in the practical application of protein types and levels for health, performance, aging, and disease prevention.

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