Muscle: The Real Fountain of Youth

By Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Excerpted from Forever Strong: A New Science Based Strategy for Aging Well

My goal is nothing short of upending modern medicine with a refocus on muscle as the fountain of youth. In real life, it’s neither a fantastical elixir nor a miraculous curative. But muscle can still be a magic pill... See more

More and more scientists are now studying the impact of muscle on health, longevity, and chronic disease. And they found that one of the most important building blocks for a long healthy life is... eating enough protein!

Especially as we age.

We all agree that protein is important. Anthropology even has something called the protein leverage hypothesis, which posits that all human endeavors at their base level are ultimately a search for protein. Protein is the only macronutrient that we have to get from the outside. We can make carbohydrates from amino acids and even fats. We can make... See more

So no, loading up on protein isn't a gym thing anymore, it's an essential habit to live a long healthy life.

It’s the raw material for our whole body : collagen in our skin, insulin that helps store glucose, antibodies that defend us, hemoglobin that carries oxygen to our cells, enzymes that digest food, tiny repair crews that fix DNA, even the... See more