293 | Understanding Dietary Protein and a Muscle Centric Approach with Dr Gabrielle Lyon

If you're wondering what the best type of protein is or how to present muscle wasting as you age, this one is for you! Dr. Lyon, the founder of the Institute for Muscle Centric-Medicine™, dives into the world of protein, strength maintenance, and muscle mass through age. By describing the necessity of protein as a primary metabolic driver, she names the types of dietary protein and which ones are essential to stimulating the muscle. Furthermore, she explains the differences in quality and volume of required consumption between plant and animal protein. Then, she speaks about sarcopenia or muscle wasting and how you can stimulate muscle to reverse the ageing process, the truth about protein recommendations for aged populations, and why protein may be even more important for sedentary individuals. Moreover, she dives into how you can maintain muscle mass past 50 years, the importance of resistance training compared to cardio, her insights on how much lean muscle mass is expected, and the role of fatty acid metabolism as it relates to muscle mass and stimulation. Before providing 5 top strategies to stimulate muscle, she describes the effects of muscle stimulation and maintenance on inflammation. Let's dive in for the truth on all things protein and muscle.  Our favourite aspect of Nutrisense is that it allows us to bring awareness to our breakfast and focus on food that helps fuel and energize us rather than causing energy crashes and associated cravings throughout the day. Plus, we have access to dieticians that provides tips and support as to how you can optimize your health using your glucose data! Use code 'OPTIMALBODY' to get $30 off and a free month of dietician support. Get to know your body and health based on what you are consuming (affiliate link). What You Will Learn In This Interview with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon 5:39 - Why do we need protein? 7:14- Types of dietary protein 13:00 - Does plant protein have the same effect as animal protein? 14:00 - Is sarcopenia the fate of ageing? 15:23 - What you should know about protein recommendations for aged populations 19:34 - Sedentary individuals might need more protein than active individuals. 22:13 - Can you put on muscle mass over 50 years old and what should resistance training at this age look like? 27:29 - Is cardiovascular training more important than resistance training? 32:32 - How do we know how much muscle mass to put on 38:21 - What about fatty acid metabolism & muscle metabolism 41:50 - How does muscle affect inflammation? 44:55 - Practical applications to stimulate muscle 48:33 - Buy Dr. Lyon's Book & Learn More with Dr.  Lyon! To learn more about Dr. Gabrielle Lyon and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode293/ Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Optimal Body Podcast. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute to subscribe and leave a quick rating and review of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tobpodcast/message