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Dr. Gabrielle Lyon: How to Exercise & Eat for Optimal Health & Longevity

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Jun 24, 2024
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Gabrielle Lyon
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a board-certified physician specializing in geriatrics and nutrition, who shares her expertise on healthy skeletal muscle as a key to longevity. They discuss tailored nutritional strategies, emphasizing the importance of high-quality protein at every age. Lyon explains how resistance training is essential for muscle and metabolic health, and offers mindset tools to maintain healthy habits. She also highlights the emotional connection to self-worth and health, advocating for community engagement in wellness.
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INSIGHT

Muscle: The Organ of Longevity

  • Muscle, an endocrine organ, is crucial for longevity and metabolic health, impacting glucose disposal and amino acid reserves.
  • Metabolic diseases often start in muscle long before other symptoms appear, highlighting the importance of muscle health.
ADVICE

Assessing Muscle Health

  • Prioritize muscle health over simply measuring muscle mass, as current tools like DEXA don't fully capture muscle quality.
  • Look for blood markers like elevated triglycerides or insulin as indicators of suboptimal muscle health.
INSIGHT

Muscle as a Nutrient Sensor

  • Muscle is a nutrient-sensing organ, particularly sensitive to the quality of amino acids consumed, especially leucine.
  • Adequate leucine intake stimulates muscle protein synthesis, a key marker of muscle health, not just size.
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