FirstFleet tenFour

Join Mark and E-liz as they discuss the building blocks of life. They are discussing the key macro of Protein. Check out the full description below. Our Goal with these podcasts is to help us and others get healthier! Don't make diet a punishment - find a new way of life.

Show Notes

Here are some topics discussed:
1 gram of Protein = 4 Calories
Goal: Eat 1 gram of protein for 1 pound of ideal body weight each day
Great (and weird) recovery foods
Sarcopenia - at age 40 you begin to lose muscle
The older you get, the less you absorb protein so you need to eat more
at 12 min - Shout out to Chris from Lynchburg
13:15 - Recommendations (from non-health professionals)
Fill up on protein - beware of restaurant bread baskets
Let's build our muscles
80% of Americans have Metabolic Disfunction = that's bad
Insulin Resistance Causes Your Muscles to Waste Away - https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/147/9/4160/2528321 
Focus on protein because muscle mass is essential to your metabolism and insulin resistance

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