Hey, everybody. Chasing Life is going to take a break this week. We've got to chase life ourselves.

In the meantime, we're bringing you a great episode from the archive. Hope you enjoy it.

Hey there, welcome to Paging Dr. Gupta. This is the show where I get to tackle your health concerns. We're taking lots of

real-life questions from listeners. We're digging into the science and the stories behind them,

and sometimes, like you'll hear today, we're calling a consult, getting another expert to weigh in as well.

Kira's back with us with our first question.

Hey, Sanjay. So, like a lot of people that listen to the show, our first caller is really

focused on staying healthy and strong, but she does have a very interesting question on timing.

Here it is.

Hi, Dr. Gupta. I'm a 45-year-old menopausal or paramedopausal woman, I guess.

I'm trying to do all the right things of trying to make sure I'm eating protein and I'm

strength training to try to keep muscle mass as I aged. So given that strength training a few times a week, I'm just wondering

when is the best time to eat if I should be eating before my workouts. Thank you.

All right. Thank you so much for calling in. And also, it's great that you're being proactive

about your health. You're asking a really important question.

This is something I've thought about as well in my own exercise routine.

I'll get you an answer right after this break.

Okay, welcome back to paging Dr. Gupta.

Our first caller is basically asking this.

When is the best time to eat on days when she is doing strength training?

So first of all, when building strength, you want your food to work for you.

You want your fuel to essentially prepare your body for

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