Are You Eating Enough Protein for Optimal Health?

Longevity

Gabrielle Lyon emphasizes the critical role of muscle in promoting longevity and preventing chronic diseases. She argues that society's focus on weight loss overlooks the importance of muscle, which she calls "the organ of longevity." Lyon believes that many diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, are fundamentally linked to muscle health.

What if I told you we are not over fat, but we are under muscled as a society?

--- Gabrielle Lyon

Dhru Purohit and Lyon discuss how building muscle can improve metabolic health and challenge common myths about dietary protein 1 2.

   

Insulin

The connection between muscle health and insulin regulation is pivotal in understanding metabolic diseases. Gabrielle Lyon explains that skeletal muscle is responsible for disposing of 80-90% of glucose, making it central to insulin resistance management. She highlights that insulin resistance often begins in skeletal muscle, emphasizing the need to optimize muscle health to combat diseases like obesity and diabetes.

Skeletal muscle is really at the focal point of metabolic regulation.

--- Gabrielle Lyon

Lyon and Dhru Purohit discuss the importance of maintaining muscle mass through diet and exercise, particularly as we age, to enhance metabolic health and prevent chronic diseases 3 4.