Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
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Podcast Appearances
And what's most important about this isn't for us now.
Like, this is great.
You can do it.
But it provides hope and an example for our children.
That, them, those people, the little ones, that is who I am truly worried about.
Because we have normalized supersizing everything, including ourselves.
We have more electronics than ever before.
We are more disconnected from people.
People will say the internet has done a great job at connecting.
Face-to-face conversations, connection is huge.
The most important is our youth and how we raise them and the messages that we give them because they are our responsibility.
And if we cannot advocate for our own health, whatever those limitations are,
whether it's personal or worthy, it is our responsibility to do a much better job so that we not tell them, but we show them the way forward.
I mean, we talked about dietary protein.
We talked about how that potentially can be controversial for some people.
We discussed carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are earned through activity.
If someone is metabolically unhealthy, they have to understand that potentially starting with 100 grams and titrating up or down depending on their activity level is important.
If you were in the ICU, you could lose 2% of your muscle mass in a day.
If you are in a highly catabolic state on bed rest, you will lose muscle rapidly, depending on your age.