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Chasing Life

Should You Eat Before or After Strength-Training?

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Strength training can be confusing enough on its own. But mix in what —and when— to eat, and you might just choose to sit on the couch instead. Dr. Sanjay Gupta serves up answers in this episode of Paging Dr. Gupta. Plus, getting to the root cause of hair loss in women can help narrow down treatment choice.  Producer & Medical Writer: Andrea Kane Showrunner: Amanda Sealy Senior Producer: Dan Bloom Technical Director: Dan Dzula Executive Producer: Steve Lickteig Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, welcome to paging Dr. Gupta. This is the show where I get to tackle your health

0:10.4

concerns. We're taking lots of real-life questions from listeners. We're digging into the science

0:15.8

and the stories behind them, and sometimes, like you'll hear hear today we're calling a consult getting

0:21.6

another expert to weigh in as well. Kira's back with us with our first question.

0:26.6

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

0:33.0

really focused on staying healthy and strong but she does have a very interesting question

0:40.0

on timing. Here it is.

0:43.1

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

0:49.8

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

0:56.0

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

1:03.2

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

1:09.3

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

1:13.6

you're being proactive about your health. You're asking a really important question. This is

1:18.2

something I've thought about as well in my own exercise routine. I'll get you an answer right

1:23.1

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2:00.0

Okay, welcome back to Paging, Dr. Gupta.

2:06.3

Our first caller is basically asking this.

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