Ask Gabrielle Lyon about protein and muscle

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  1. How much protein should breakfast have?

    “when you have a breakfast of 30 to 50 grams you appropriately stimulate muscle protein synthesis”

    ▶ 31:24 · How to Exercise & Eat for Optimal Health & Longevity | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon · Andrew Huberman's channel

  2. How much protein per meal do older adults need?

    “instead of eating 30 grams of protein per meal minimum that people older than say 50 60 should eat 40 or 50 grams

    ▶ 44:23 · How to Exercise & Eat for Optimal Health & Longevity | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon · Andrew Huberman's channel

  3. How much protein can one meal use?

    “skeletal muscle protein synthesis will max out probably at 55 grams again this is maybe it's 50 maybe it's 55 the rest is oxidized”

    ▶ 1:25:01 · How to Exercise & Eat for Optimal Health & Longevity | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon · Andrew Huberman's channel

  4. How much protein do you need on a plant-based diet?

    “if an indiv ual was plant-based they would require closer to 1.6 gram per kg a higher amount of total protein if it's coming from plants”

    ▶ 49:54 · How to Exercise & Eat for Optimal Health & Longevity | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon · Andrew Huberman's channel

  5. How much leucine triggers muscle protein synthesis?

    “you get up to 2.5 grams of leucine to really begin to trigger this process when you're younger it's like 1.8

    ▶ 1:15:02 · The Surprising Truth About Protein & Why You Need More For Longevity! | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon · Rangan Chatterjee's channel

  6. How much protein should the first meal of the day have?

    “that first meal of the day you want to practically optimize for protein between 30 and 55 grams per meal”

    ▶ 1:08:21 · The Surprising Truth About Protein & Why You Need More For Longevity! | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon · Rangan Chatterjee's channel

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