Muscle Is the Key to Longevity (Not Fat Loss) | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

It's amazing to me how ignored this is in medicine and it's such a critical part of health. We have this epidemic in this country of not only obesity but sarcopenia. And you put together a hypothesis, which is that maybe it's not that we're over fat, that we're under muscle. From the 70s to roughly early 2000s, muscle wasn't even thought of. Then we started focusing on body fat percentage.

Now, as we continue to transition, we're looking at bioimpedance and now we're beginning to think about overall muscle amount, but it doesn't end there. The real important marker is the intramuscular adipose tissue. It's the quality of the muscle tissue. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a board-certified physician with advanced training in nutritional sciences, geriatrics,

and metabolism from Washington University in St. Louis. She is redefining health and longevity by placing skeletal muscle, the organ of longevity, at the center of aging, disease prevention, and human performance. So let's get into the protein thing because, you know, this is a hot topic. Number one, age.

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