The amount of protein that you require as you age increases. It's the primary thing in nutrition

that we need to focus on. Proteins are biological building blocks of life. Everything is made from

proteins essentially. Don't just think of muscles. Yes, it is muscles, but think bones, hair, enzymes, hormones,

hormone receptors, the transport muscles, but think bones, hair, enzymes, hormones, hormone receptors,

the transport molecules, everything is built out of proteins.

Well, that is the voice of Dr. Rupi Orgila, otherwise known as the Doctor's Kitchen,

and he is here to tell us how we can prioritize both protein and fibre in our diets.

Hello and welcome to the Lizelle Well-Being Show, the podcast that is helping us all to grow

older, wiser and stronger and definitely with a better second half in mind.

I'm Lizelle and my mission is to find ways for all of us to thrive in our

later life by really investing in how we can be in better health and look after our well-being

today. Now all this month we are going to be talking about giving our lives a bit of a spring

clean. Maybe you have slipped into autopilot with your eating habits or find

yourself repeating the same old patterns of behaviour. Well, the start of spring always feels to me like a

really lovely moment to pause and refresh with renewed energy, don't you think? So today are you in need

of a bit of a dietary refresh? Do you know you need to be spring

cleaning your diet of any less than ideal bits and bobs that have crept in? And most crucially

is now the time to really start prioritising protein. Well, you might know, Rupi as the GP,

who founded the Doctor's Kitchen, which now comprises

a podcast, YouTube channel and app dedicated to evidence-based food and lifestyle medicine.

You know, he's so concerned that as a population we might be under-consuming protein,

he's written an incredibly helpful book called Healthy High Protein

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