Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina.

Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host, Vanessa, and I am super excited

for today's episode. We are talking about one of my very favorite concepts when it comes to

optimal nutrition for body recomposition. And that is the concept

of protein leverage. There is a really interesting study that basically wanted to test the concept

of protein leverage. And when you hear the breakdown and the background, you'll understand

why I love this concept so much,

why I mention it all the time and why it is so key and potentially game changing or even

life changing once you understand it, as it has been for me. So I am super excited to break down

this study. We'll do a little bit of catch-up

housekeeping at the beginning, but I can't wait to get into this most recent study that was

challenging the concept of protein leverage. Now before we fully jump into the episode, I want to

tell you about a very important nutrient that many of us are

deficient in and not even aware of it. And that nutrient is light and specifically red light.

I am so passionate and obsessed with the incredible amount of science behind red light therapy's

ability to support our mitochondrial health.

Now, our mitochondria, as you probably know, are responsible for helping us to do pretty much

everything in our bodies at the cellular level.

Now, when it comes to energy levels, our immunity, our skin health and beauty, and even our

metabolic health and fitness. So much is

connected back to our mitochondria's ability to function optimally. Now we talk on this podcast all

the time about different strategies from exercise, intermittent fasting, doing resistance training,

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