If you are over 30 years of age, I want you to listen to this on average.

Adults lose 3 to 8% of muscle mass per decade after the age of 30,

and the rate of muscle loss tends to accelerate after your 60.

So if you have low muscle mass, you're predisposed to poor. loss tends to accelerate after your 60.

So if you have low muscle mass, you're predisposed to poor blood sugar regulation,

slower metabolism, hormonal imbalances, inflammation, chronic diseases, and mental health issues.

In this episode of Heel Thyself, you will learn about my top three tips to optimize muscle

for your friend. So one of the most important things we can do at our age, especially as we're nearing 30, 40 years old, is to really start prioritizing our muscle.

And that doesn't mean you're going to become a big bodybuilder

and stiff and just not lean.

You want to be lean and sexy and toned.

And it's not just for aesthetics.

Good, you look great, you feel great, but there's deeper levels to this.

Muscle is such an important organ, organ of blood sugar metabolism of longevity, its

functionality, protects your bones, it keeps your bones strong.

The musculoskeletal system is so, so, so important, reducing inflammation in the body.

I really can't understate this.

Yawanna really, really, really put the strength in the form of your muscles really high.

It's important to start building up your muscles.

Now, it all starts with protein.

For so many years, we hear, oh, you know, you don't need that much

protein, you get protein from all this and you don't need to really prioritize it, but you do if you want to build

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