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Lyon: Evidence Does Not Support Claims That Seed Oils Derange Metabolism
“The evidence doesn't support that seed oils are causing the derangement that people are saying.”
Lyon: Alzheimer's, Heart Disease, and Diabetes Are Symptoms of Unhealthy Muscle
“Alzheimer's, cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, obesity, that these are all symptoms of unhealthy skeletal muscle”
Dr. Lyon: Chronic metabolic diseases begin decades earlier in skeletal muscle
“Is all the issues that we are seeing, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's, is this all a fat problem? No. It begins in skeletal muscle first. Decades before.”
Dr. Lyon: GLP-1 agonists are more effective than bariatric surgery
“These medications are more effective than surgery. There is less downtime.”
Dr. Lyon: GLP-1 muscle loss stems from poor diet, not the drug
“The reason people lose lean tissue on these medications, which is the other big criticism, is because they are not training, and they're not eating dietary protein.”
Dr. Lyon: Seed oils are irrelevant if you avoid processed foods
“If you're not eating processed foods, you don't have to give a shit about seed oil.”
Dr. Lyon: Yoga and Pilates do not build optimal muscle
“Yoga and Pilates are great, but is that going to allow a football player, Navy SEAL, or anyone else To build an optimal amount of muscle, including you and I? Probably not.”
Lyon: Short, Intense Exercise Is Superior to 10,000 Daily Steps
“So for me, I would say that the more intense the better, and I can equate this to if you're doing work. You would rather have 10 minutes of excellent work than a day of, I don't know what I accomplished.”
Lyon: Evidence Is Weak That Artificial Sweeteners Harm Brain or Body
“I don't think the data is very strong that most artificial sweeteners are negative to the brain or the human body.”
Lyon: Fixating on Seed Oils Distracts From Foundational Nutrition
“So the issue isn't food dyes. The issue isn't seed oils. The bigger issue is how do we feed for human health? All these other things are distractions.”
Lyon: Larger Waistlines Correlate Directly With Decreased Brain Volume
“The more overweight you are, the wider your waistline, the lower the brain volume.”
Lyon: Fasting for 24 Hours or Longer Impairs Muscle Preservation
“I do not recommend 24 hour fast or longer, because again, it's difficult to hold on to muscle as it is. So if you reorient yourself to muscle, then fasting over 24 hours is, you know, that's like the no-go zone.”
Lyon: Sedentary High-Carb Diets Cause Metabolic Dysfunction and Alzheimer's Risk
“If you are not training and you are sedentary, do not eat a high carbohydrate diet, or you are essentially giving yourself an oral glucose tolerance test three times a day. We don't want that. Because as we have these metabolic dysfunctions, she then is at a g…”
Lyon: Alcohol Is a Toxin and Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment
“I do not think alcohol. I think it is a toxin period. And when we were examining people and we were saying, okay, so what is this person's risk factor for some kind of cognitive impairment? Alcohol was on the list.”
Dr. Lyon: Six cups of quinoa equal one small chicken breast
“You would need six cups of quinoa to equal one small chicken breast, and at the end of the day, if you care about numbers, then you have to understand these things are not interchangeable.”
Dr. Lyon: Whole animal protein cannot be fully replaced by supplements
“I mean, because it's not just about the protein. It's about the food matrix. It's about bioavailable iron and zinc, selenium, creatine, carnitine, and serine. You shouldn't need to take a million different supplements. We didn't evolve that way.”
Lyon: Entrepreneurs Cannot Outpace Their Biology
“Any entrepreneur, anyone interested in business or doing well in life cannot outpace their biology.”
Lyon: Skeletal Muscle Is the Only Voluntarily Controlled Organ System
“Skeletal muscle is the only organ system we have voluntary control over.”
Lyon: There Is No Such Thing as a Healthy Sedentary Person
“There's no such thing as a healthy, sedentary person.”
Lyon: Higher Muscle Mass Correlates With Better Sexual Function
“We just published this paper, and the paper demonstrates that the more healthy muscle mass you have, the greater sexual function you have.”
Lyon: 40% of Men Have Erectile Dysfunction by Age 40
“By the age of 40, 40% of men will have erectile dysfunction. By the age of 50, 50% of men will suffer from erectile dysfunction.”
Lyon: Novelty Is One of the Biggest Distractions for Health
“Humans love novelty, and novelty is one of the biggest distractions for health.”
Lyon: Morning Protein Shake Improves Brain Function and Reduces Snacking
“Anchoring your day in a high-quality protein. One shake. It affects brain function. You're gonna be much less likely to eat any of the snacks in your fucking snack room.”
Lyon: Extreme Emotional Highs and Lows Are Vulnerability Windows
“At the peak and the trough, meaning at the peak as high as you go and as low as you go, those are both vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities as a doctor who cares for these people from health perspectives. That is the moment where you go off your diet plan.”
Lyon: Flipping a Coin for Caffeine Creates Friction Against Dopamine
“I love caffeine, I love loud music, and then I'll go work out. But all of that helps with dopamine release, so it fuels to that drive of wanting more. I flip a coin. Heads I get it, tails I don't.”
Lyon: Neck Circumferences Over 17.5 Inches Strongly Indicate Sleep Apnea
“If you have bigger than a 17 and a half inch neck, you probably have sleep apnea.”
Lyon: Dietary Cholesterol Limits Were Removed From Official Guidelines in 2015
“Dietary cholesterol recommendations were taken out of the dietary guidelines in 2015. Therefore the information of don't eat eggs or don't eat red meat because it's bad for your cholesterol. Cholesterol is not even part of the guidelines right now.”
Lyon: Mechanical Massage Chairs Do Not Stimulate Oxytocin Like Human Touch
“Physical touch releases oxytocin and oxytocin is what we think of as that bonding hormone. If you are sitting in a chair and have the massager chair, you don't release the same amount of oxytocin.”
Lyon: Average American Consumes 300g Carbs Daily vs 130g Recommendation
“The average American is eating around 300 grams or so of carbs a day. The recommendation is a 130 grams.”
Lyon: Aim for 100g Daily Protein, Split 50g Morning and Night
“What she is doing is she's having around a hundred grams of protein a day. Make it simple. 50 grams in that first meal, 50 grams in that last meal.”
Lyon: Entrepreneurs Endure Extreme Business Suffering But Avoid Physical Workouts
“So take out the military, like you guys are in your own whole other category, but entrepreneurs can suffer more pain, more loss, are willing to take risks. Yet you ask them to do a hundred pushups and they're like, I'm out.”
Lyon: US Commodity Whole Food Marketing Budget Is $750 Million
“All of the farmers, all of the producers pool their money together. Their collective marketing budget is seven hundred fifty million. All commodities. This includes beef, this includes chicken, this includes dairy, this includes corn, soy, etc.”
Dr. Lyon: 40% of women over 65 consume below RDA protein levels
“If you look at the numbers for women over the age of 65, 40% are deficient in protein or deficient, they're getting below the RDA, which is the minimum to prevent deficiencies.”
Dr. Lyon: Mounjaro is preferable to Ozempic due to fewer side effects
“Ozempic is not my favorite. There's too many side effects. I'm much more interested in Mongerno or Trisepetide.”
Dr. Lyon: Fitter mothers create epigenetic environments producing healthier children
“The mom creates an epigenetic environment for the child. The healthier and fitter the mother is, the healthier and fitter the child is.”
Dr. Lyon: Peak entrepreneurial highs create maximum vulnerability to vices
“As high at the pinnacle, as high as someone is going to go, that is their point of vulnerability. That is the moment that they are going to look to eat something, look to buy something new, look to whatever, I don't know, porn, whatever it is that they are vul…”
Lyon: 74% of Americans Fail Baseline Exercise Guidelines
“74% of Americans are not meeting the baseline recommendation. Of a 150 minutes and two days a week of resistance training.”
Lyon: Sleep Deprivation Suppresses Muscle Protein Synthesis
“When you have sleep deprivation, you are more likely to make mistakes. Not to mention your muscle protein synthesis, which is a big fancy word for it's kind of a proxy for muscle health is suppressed.”
Lyon: Poor Sleep and Sleep Apnea Are Risk Factors for Alzheimer's
“So when I was a fellow, so I did my fellowship in geriatrics and nutritional sciences at Wash U, and one of the risk factors for Alzheimer's was very poor sleep over time. And sleep apnea.”
Lyon: PCOS Is the Leading Cause of Infertility in Young Women
“For young women, it's polycystic ovarian syndrome, which is also known as PCOS.”
Dr. Lyon: PepsiCo's marketing budget alone is close to $2 billion
“PepsiCo is one company. Its marketing budget is close to two billion dollars.”
Dr. Lyon: Skeletal muscle is a currency that cannot be bought
“From a fundamental perspective, muscle is currency. You can't buy, you cannot pay for, and you can't bargain for. It's actually currency you have to earn, and the only way to earn that is by instilling habits and becoming a certain type of person.”