If we get to choose our level of frailty and strength, then we better damn well do it.

And skeletal muscle is that organ system.

It really is the organ of longevity.

When we think about type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, diseases that in large part have a metabolic root,

the conversation has always been about fat, when in reality, obesity and its counterparts are

symptoms of unhealthy skeletal muscle. Well, what one organ can sharpen your focus, reduce fatigue, protect your bones and prevent disease.

Well, Dr Gabrielle Lyon says the answer is muscle.

This is age better with me, Liz Earle, and it is my mission to change the conversation around ageing.

Because women's health, particularly as we age, has been underfunded and overlooked

for far too long and quite frankly, it's time we push back. I truly believe that building

muscle as a route to better health has been kept from women, you know, for far too long,

especially older women. For me, I didn't start lifting weights or doing any

resistance training exercises until I was in my late 50s, for heaven's sake. And yet now I am

fitter, stronger and far more energized as a result of building this. Simply, easily into my

workout days. Doesn't take much time. And, you know, I do think my overall

health is better for it too. Well, Gabrielle is a board certified physician, founder of the muscle

centric medicine movement and the New York Times bestselling author of Forever Strong. She has advanced

training in nutritional sciences and geriatrics and is at the

forefront of a health revolution that puts muscle, that organ of longevity, at the core of disease

prevention and aging well. Her latest book, It's So Good, it's called The Forever Strong Playbook,

A Science-Based Plan to Sharpen Your Mind,

strengthen your body and get healthy at any age.

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