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Gaining Muscle (& Brain) While Losing Weight with Age - Sarcopenic Obesity & Optimal Body Composition
Manage episode 204693797 series 1910375
According to Dr Gabrielle Lyon losing muscle is tantamount to losing brain tissue which is one of the core processes that occurs in Alzheimer's.
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a Functional medicine physician focusing on Muscle-Centric Medicine. She leverages evidence-based medicine with emerging cutting-edge science to restore metabolism, balance hormones and optimize body composition.
Prior to her foray into medicine, Dr. Lyon was a national semifinalist in Fitness America, and a professional fitness model. Dr Lyon currently works as a practicing physician in New York City. She recently co-authored a chapter in a textbook, the Chapter is entitled "Metabolic Interventions for Sarcopenic Obesity."
What is sarcopenia? Sarcopenia is age-associated loss of muscle mass and function. When sarcopenia AND obesity are both going on in someone they compound each other. Dr Lyon maintains that there are signs of muscle loss long before actual sarcopenia sets in. Interestingly, obesity is somewhat analogous to aging in that both are low grade inflammatory/catabolic/breakdown states where healing becomes more difficult. Dr Lyon's Ideal Body Weights -Women 15-20% body fat -Men 12-15% How does this get diagnosed or assessed? DEXA scan Gait Speed- time yourself to see how long it takes you walk 4, 5, or 10 meters
- repeat this twice (walking at a comfortable pace for you)
- an average speed of
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Manage episode 204693797 series 1910375
According to Dr Gabrielle Lyon losing muscle is tantamount to losing brain tissue which is one of the core processes that occurs in Alzheimer's.
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a Functional medicine physician focusing on Muscle-Centric Medicine. She leverages evidence-based medicine with emerging cutting-edge science to restore metabolism, balance hormones and optimize body composition.
Prior to her foray into medicine, Dr. Lyon was a national semifinalist in Fitness America, and a professional fitness model. Dr Lyon currently works as a practicing physician in New York City. She recently co-authored a chapter in a textbook, the Chapter is entitled "Metabolic Interventions for Sarcopenic Obesity."
What is sarcopenia? Sarcopenia is age-associated loss of muscle mass and function. When sarcopenia AND obesity are both going on in someone they compound each other. Dr Lyon maintains that there are signs of muscle loss long before actual sarcopenia sets in. Interestingly, obesity is somewhat analogous to aging in that both are low grade inflammatory/catabolic/breakdown states where healing becomes more difficult. Dr Lyon's Ideal Body Weights -Women 15-20% body fat -Men 12-15% How does this get diagnosed or assessed? DEXA scan Gait Speed- time yourself to see how long it takes you walk 4, 5, or 10 meters
- repeat this twice (walking at a comfortable pace for you)
- an average speed of
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