Women Need This Much PROTEIN with Dr Gabrielle Lyon

How much protein does a woman need each day? How much protein is too much? Is animal protein better than plant-based protein? We discuss these important questions and much more in this interview with Dr Gabrielle Lyon. Protein is very important to overall-health and longevity, getting enough of the right kind of protein is very important and here's how much protein you need.
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a board-certified family physician and a bestselling author.
Dr. Lyon is focused on skeletal muscle. Her mission is to promote longevity and combat the pervasive threats of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes by optimizing muscle health.


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[sarahgo]

Last year two days before my birthday, I was involved in a three car crash and sustained several sacral fractures. I was hospitalised for nine days which meant I was on an awful diet, very low protein, no eggs for breakfast, just an assortment of cereals and sugar-laden fruit yoghurt . When I finally got home I went straight back on high protein carnivore and at my six week X-ray and follow up the surgeon was extremely surprised at how well I had healed. The birthday in question was my 80th 🎉

[Cyourself]

During pregnancies I increased my protein to 80-100 grams a day. Family genetics have both sides with strong muscles and sturdy builds. My 1st son rolled over from his back to stomach at 10 days old. I couldn't believe it so I rolled him back, walked across the room and watched him do it again. My 2nd son held his head up off my shoulder at 5 days. My mother in law has 7 kids and 5 grandkids and was holding him at 2 weeks. He held his head off her shoulder for a full minute, she was in shock. All my friends and my sister who had pregnancies around the same time were eating cereal with fruit for breakfast, lots of carbs grains and veg and none of those babies had near the physical strength or development. I ate eggs every morning, meat sandwiches for lunch and 8-10 oz of meat/ chicken for dinner

[caseybuckley]

My sister is a Reg dietitian and years ago when the RDA came out with these numbers she figured out how much protein I needed for me, I weighed 102lbs. She told me being a woman I shouldn't go over 27 grams. Suffice to say she gave me loads of bad information over the years.

[gotmama]

That was an interventional study, but the protein source was Boost shakes... the ingredients are: corn syrup, sugar, vegetable oil... so yeah, um, it's the protein that damages your arteries...

[estherruth]

I started down the path the led me to carnivore with Dr Lyon! I starting dramatically increasing my protein after listening to long form podcasts with her. I felt so much better when I got that 30g protein for breakfast. That’s what brought me to carnivore, because it was unsustainable for me to get 110g protein a day (my ideal body weight) without eating tons of meat. Once I took out all the plant based stuff (homemade sourdough bread, lentils, homemade sourdough pasta, etc), and started eating BBBE (with some blue cheese, some raw milk and some spices), wow I feel amazing.

[map]

My daughter and so. In law struggled with pregnancy once they switched to carnivore they got pregnant and carried to term for a strong healthy little boy. Thanks to you, Dr Berry and everyone in the carnivore community - Steak and Butter Gal, Dr Kiltz, Kelly Hogan too many to mention - God bless you all!

[sharongill]

I eat keto, increased my protien to approximately 130g, started to lift weights and I'm loosing body fat.
I have my 6month HBA1C blood test tomorrow. Im hopeful it will finally be no longer in diabetic range 🤞

[cristiecanicosa]

I have been watching a lot of interviews of Dr. Ken Berry and I have noticed that he has greatly improved by not frequently interrupting and letting the interviewee finish their talk first before asking or reacting. Great job, Dr.!

[fronniebealer]

Wow! Seems like every interview is better than the last. My must-read book list is growing exponentially.

[willowmoonhippy]

The more protein I eat, the better I feel. When I was pregnant with my son, my midwife kept pushing more protein, more protein. Thats when I realized how much better I felt when eating tons of protein. Now most of my diet is based on protein.

[jimbrogan]

We call amino acids "proteins" when they are only building blocks for proteins like letters are building blocks for words. I explained it to my 11 year old this way, "Trying to get all of your proteins from plants is like playing scrabble without any vowels. Just because you have letters doesn't mean you can spell all the words you need to spell. Just because you have amino acids doesn't mean you can build all the proteins your body needs for you to be healthy."

[adelinematusiak]

My friend who is a senior and a Vegan is dying from Cancer. She won’t eat meat because she says it has Sugar. And on her cancer diet she can’t have Sugar dairy processed foods and meat, bread. She considers it plant keto as she eats Avacado corn tacos with black beans. My heart goes out to her, she is such a sweet person.

[earthflute]

C19 woke me up that government health authorities were not looking out for my best interests and I needed to look after myself and not listen to their 'dietary guidelines', so.. I moved away from SAD to keto then carnivore and now ketovore.
The result was I lost a small amount of weight maybe 2kgs, but gained muscle so about the same weight as before.. 185cm/87kg. My younger soccer teammates have all remarked on my muscles, leanness and changes in performance. I am 63. I too have been shocked at the difference. So easy.
The benefits in increasing protein, fats, dairy and good oils and removing carbs, has lead to dramatically better health overall.
Brain fog gone, flat line high energy to power a small city (I play 2 games of soccer back to back now), sleep like the dead, heal even faster than I did before, I lift 2x the weights than I EVER had and recover from muscle soreness in the same day.. NEVER happened before, running speed and acceleration increased, bowels and gut improved, flatulence.. sorry, improved!! etc..
All these things were dropping off, failing with age and I dismissed them as normal. BS. DO NOT settle for this decline! It is not normal and is 100% not necessary.
Oh yes, and the peripheral cardiac disease, which I did not know I had!!, nasty rashes on lower legs, numbness on sole of foot and toes, loss of leg hair to mid calf.. gone! I was headed for a nasty outcome with that! Phew!

[GoodAT]

I’m on 3rd week of ketovore, I prefer carnivore but have some veggies to meet my husband in the middle. Have good workouts but calcifications in shoulders so dealing with a frozen shoulder. It’s healing faster than normal though. I contribute it to my diet! 🙏🏼

[laceydias]

I can attest to this method - in 3 months of following a high protein ketovore diet, I lost 7% body fat (13lbs), gained 9.5lbs of muscle but only lost 3lbs of total weight. For reference I’m 5’5” 160 female. I go to HIIT classes 3-4 times a week. I ate on average around 140-160 grams of protein, less than 20g total carbs, and maybe 60-80grams of fat. Essentially following the KetoMaria Emmerich method. I had 3-5 cheat days where I ate some nonketo chocolate and I didn’t restrict calories- these results are huge and am thrilled with the affect of my body mind and overall health. Animal protein is the key combined with resistance training and minimal carbs. Thank you for all of the valuable information and detailed explanation- it’s kept me even more motivated to uphold this lifestyle change!

[Martihorn]

Loved this! I found that for me too much protein (strict carnivore only meat) made my trigs go up. I feel better as ketovore with around 90 protein and a few berries or greens, then my triglycerides go down and HDL still high. I weigh 115. Age 73, zero CAC Fasting insulin 4.1

[kingussie]

I am 67, I have been carnivore for 8 weeks, and I have begun recently begun weights and body building (for all the reasons you talked about) - feeling so much better. Fantastically informative interview. Thank you.

[SheriMorgan-li]

Dr.Lyons needs to READ the ROOM! Dr.Berry is saving lives through keto to carnivore and she kept pushing carbs just like she does in her interviews with the body builders! Thank you Dr.Berry for being so patient and trying to still be a gracious host when she pushes carbs and has said several times added fat is not necessary. You’re a blessing Dr.Berry!

[pamelawalker]

So true about hip fracture and age. My moms started to get dementia at age 70, she would not exercise and her diet became sugary buns, cereal, and a bit of luncheon meat and veg. I tried to reason, she wouldnt listen. At age 83 and in a home, she fell, hip fracture. She was gone on week later. I am 68 and have changed my diet over the past 2 years. I wouldnt lie, it was hard to go from SAD diet to keto to ketovore/carnivore. My chronic pain is gone so its now its easier to exercise.

[thecreativebuilder]

Fabulous interview. Dr. Lyon answered so many questions I had about dietary protein and cleared the air of all the myths. I'm definitely going to pick up her book!