Dr. Mark Hyman

Keeping muscle is key, especially as we age.

And we just are not doing that.

And so that's really important.

Muscle also helps you control your blood sugar.

The better muscle you have, the healthier muscle you have, the better your blood sugar control is because it's a sink for your blood sugar.

And protein also makes you feel full.

It doesn't cause cravings.

It actually causes you feeling full and it stops the cravings.

And by the way, there's something called the thermogenic effect of protein, meaning you burn more calories metabolizing protein than you do sugars or carbs or fats.

And it's just so important for all the aging longevity, really important.

Now, the upper range is for people who are doing strength training.

If you want to be eating a 1.6, it's for people who are strength training or people who are pregnant.

But most people do fine with 1.2 or around that.

It's really, really important because if you just over, over eat protein, it can turn to sugar in your body.

So you've got to strength train to actually make more muscle.

So this includes animal plant proteins.

You want to focus on physiology over ideology.

And this is a huge win for metabolic health.

It's a huge win for our aging population.

It's just a big shift.