Fit Pregnancy with Functional Medicine Physician Dr. Gabrielle Lyon — Muscle Maven Radio Episode #11
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2019
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a functional medicine physician specializing in Muscle-Centric Medicine, which focuses on skeletal muscle as the key to longevity. She leverages evidence-based medicine with emerging cutting-edge science to restore metabolism, balance hormones, and optimize body composition with the goal of improving health-span.Dr. Lyon's current patient population includes elite military operators, professional athletes, executives, and anyone looking to level up their body and mind.
Dr. Lyon completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois Champaign - Urbana in Human Nutrition, Vitamin and Mineral Metabolism. She attended the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board-certified in Family Practice. She also completed a research/clinical fellowship in Nutritional Science and Geriatrics at Washington University in St. Louis. Before her foray into medicine, Dr. Lyon was a national semifinalist in Fitness America, a professional fitness model, and nationally ranked figure competitor. She is also a regular speaker on these and other topics for academic and public audiences and is a member of the Eagle Rise Speakers Bureau.
Ashleigh has a fit pregnancy chat with our favorite functional medicine physician, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon. We talk about the exercise and nutrition adjustments that need to be made as you grow a human; the reasons behind some common pregnancy symptoms (food aversions, swollen feet, exhaustion); her thoughts about a birth plan and delivery; resources and tests to take, and things to consider if you're planning to have a kid for both men and women; and how a Type-A, busy, athletic doctor who treats military operators everyday is learning to connect with her more feminine and maternal side.
Minute Breakdown:
0 – 9 Catching up with Gabrielle in her second trimester of pregnancy; she talks about the unexpected experience it's been so far, and the life-changing moment that helped her decide she wanted to have a baby
9 – 16 How pregnancy is helping her connect with her feminine and maternal side, and how pregnancy is often an opportunity to practice adaptability – you can't always control the way your body changes or feels
16 - 31 How Dr. Lyon's training and eating has changed (spoiler alert: Significantly!)
31 – 38 What's Dr. Lyon's birth plan? What are her favorite resources for pregnant women?
41 – 53 Some super fun "challenges" she's facing throughout the pregnancy like bursitis, and how to apply a growth vs fixed mindset to the challenging experiences we all face
53 – 58 What tests or prep should couples do when they are thinking about becoming pregnant?
58 – 1:01 Back to Dr. Lyon's regular work: with medical research, how do we know we're getting unbiased, transparent, and ethical studies and information?
1:01 – We talk protein for performance and longevity; when we need more or less protein throughout our lives; and how much generally we need
1:07 – What's Dr. G up to at work these days? We talk about her involvement with Task Force Dagger
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, you're listening to Muscle Maven Radio and my guest today is |
| 0:04.6 | Shrug Collective's favorite functional medicine physician, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon. |
| 0:09.0 | You may remember her from a previous interview that we did. It was myself and |
| 0:13.3 | the cool dudes at Barbell Shrugged back in, I believe we posted it in December. |
| 0:19.1 | We did the interview at the Strong New York event and that's the first time |
| 0:22.9 | Dr. G and I met but we connected immediately. We're just absolutely kindred |
| 0:27.0 | spirits in our mutual goals of being strong and fit, successful, badass women who |
| 0:32.8 | are also probably a lot shorter in person than you'd imagine. She's also |
| 0:37.3 | obviously well-known for her research and her work in functional medicine and |
| 0:41.8 | having a very well-rounded protein and muscle-centric approach to her medicine |
| 0:48.6 | and her recommendations for people. She works with a lot of really high |
| 0:54.1 | performing, hard-charging people. She works with athletes and CEOs and |
| 0:59.5 | military operators and you know people like me too because she's not only my |
| 1:03.4 | friend but also my doctor and I'm so grateful to have her in my life and all |
| 1:07.1 | of those capacities and be able to get her to take the time out of her busy |
| 1:10.3 | schedule to talk to me about her latest life project which is growing a human |
| 1:14.2 | being. Yes, Dr. Lyon is pregnant and as a very very driven person who lives and |
| 1:20.5 | breathes health and fitness and optimization I had to sit her down and ask her |
| 1:24.6 | how the whole pregnancy thing is going. So we talk about all of it her lifestyle |
| 1:29.3 | her workouts her diet how all of that is changing and adjusting we talk about |
| 1:33.8 | her ideas for a birth plan and how she applies a growth mindset to everything in |
| 1:40.0 | life every challenge not just pregnancy how to do that and how to become |
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