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 so pumped for today's episode.

We have a very special guest joining us today. That's Dr. Don Lehman. He's one of the world's leading researchers on protein and amino acid requirements for athletes adult health and chronic disease

prevention he discovered the leucine threshold which is absolutely phenomenal and his lab originated so

much research that we sort of take for granted including research on the anabolic window, which we were talking about today.

When should you be timing your protein if you're a newbie or a more seasoned resistance training athlete?

His research is focused on the impact of diet and exercise on the most troublesome chronic diseases today from obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease,

and metabolic syndrome. And he has a highly respected academic career spending over four decades.

Dr. Lehman has received numerous awards for his research publications on optimal protein intake,

glycemic control, and weight loss.

And he has both a master's degree in biochemistry and a doctorate in nutrition in biochemistry.

So so many wonderful areas of expertise. And we talk about so many of these topics today.

We start off talking about the optimal protein intake for

fat loss and basically for every phase of life, depending on what you are optimizing for at the time.

The loosing requirements per meal, how much protein you should target in terms of grams at your

breakfast, at your first meal of the day, at your first meal of the day,

at your second meal of the day, and even at your lunch, if you do a lunch.

We talk about all the myths about protein, including the myths about how much protein is

absorbed after a meal and so much more.

This is one of my absolute favorite episodes.

It's the third time that we've had

the tremendous honor of having Dr. Lehman on the show with us, and I am just so excited for you all

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