Dr. Gabrielle Lyon ON The Truth About Muscle, Protein, And Longevity

My guest Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is the founder of the Institute for Muscle Centric-Medicine™. She services the leaders, innovators, mavericks, and executives in their prospective fields. In addition, Gabrielle works closely with the Special Operations Military and has a private practice that services patients worldwide. Dr. Lyon is a Washington University fellowship-trained physician. Her postdoctoral training was a combined research and clinical medicine fellowship in Nutritional Science/Obesity Medicine and Geriatrics. She is also board certified in Family Medicine. Dr. Lyon completed her undergraduate degree in Human Nutrition, Vitamin, and Mineral Metabolism at the University of Illinois and continues to be mentored over the last two decades by one of the world-leading protein experts Dr. Donald Layman. Her goal is to change the paradigm of medicine from obesity-focused to muscle-centric and change the way we think about health and medicine with high scientific integrity. She has also has her own podcast, The Gabrielle Lyon Show, a place to provide you with the framework for navigating the health and wellness space and, most importantly, being the champion of your own life. In today's episode we discuss: The controversy between protein and longevity The two ways to maintain skeletal muscle Why we need the essential amino acids and where they are best found Why resistance training helps our quality of life  Disease starting in skeletal muscle Muscle-centric approach opposed to fat-focused Why is building muscle critical for our longevity Episode mention: Four Sigmatic: Grab my favorite functional mushroom company at a special discount- https://bit.ly/foursignmatic USE DISCOUNT CODE (at checkout): ELPLP  Mineral Hair Testing : Get your mineral analysis for 10% off at Upgraded Formulas  USE DISCOUNT CODE (at checkout): ERICAL For full show notes and episode resources head to: https://ericalippy.com/dr-gabrielle-lyon/ Find our guest at: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon | Website,  Instagram ,Facebook Dr. Gabrielle Lyon On YouTube Work with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon  The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show Follow me on Social Media: Your Host: @ericalippy Podcast: @passionlovepursuit Facebook YouTube PASSION LOVE PURSUIT PODCASTS: https://ericalippy.com/the-podcast/