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Muscle plays a powerful role in keeping us healthy and living longer, but most people start losing it after age 30—and that loss can drive chronic disease and early aging. The good news is that strength training and eating enough protein can help prevent this decline, improve blood sugar control, and reduce the risk of issues like diabetes, dementia, heart disease, and depression. Muscle isn’t just for movement—it acts like an organ, releasing special compounds called myokines that fight inflammation and support everything from brain function to hormone balance. Resistance training also boosts mood, sharpens memory, strengthens immunity, and supports better sex hormone levels as we age. To get the most out of it, aim for strength training two to four times a week, and make sure you're getting enough high-quality protein—especially at your first and last meals of the day. In this episode, I discuss, along with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, why strength training, muscle, and protein intake are vital for a healthy metabolism, hormones, longevity, and much more. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is board certified in family medicine and completed a combined research and clinical fellowship in geriatrics and nutritional sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.  She completed her undergraduate training in nutritional sciences at the University of Illinois. Dr. Lyon is a subject-matter expert and educator in the practical application of protein types and levels for health, performance, aging, and disease prevention. She has continued to receive mentorship from Dr. Donald Layman, Ph.D., over the course of two decades to help bring protein metabolism and nutrition from the bench to the bedside.  This episode is brought to you by BIOptimizers. Head to bioptimizers.com/hyman [http://bioptimizers.com/hyman] and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%. Full-length episodes can be found here: Why Weight Training Is Key to Longevity & Fighting Chronic Disease [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep951?_pos=34&_sid=28d7e3f06&_ss=r] Top Muscle Health Secrets to Boost Longevity and Reverse Aging [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep947?_pos=1&_sid=d95d4d6ed&_ss=r] How To Get More Protein In Your Diet [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep836?_pos=30&_sid=7bb276596&_ss=r]

On this episode of The Dr. Hyman Show, I sit down with Dr. Singh—Chief Medical Officer at Timeline and a pioneer in mitochondrial science—to talk about what’s really driving fatigue, muscle loss, and accelerated aging. Together, we break down the simple, science-backed ways to support your cells so you can feel stronger. You’ll learn: • Why your mitochondria impact energy, metabolism, and how you age • The role Urolithin A supports cellular renewal—and what that means for your strength • How you can pair fasting, movement, and nutrients for better energy and recovery • Why personalized strategies can support your energy, focus, and strength over time This episode is packed with takeaways for boosting your cellular energy—and it’s one of the most practical conversations I’ve had on the science of longevity. View Show Notes From This Episode [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep1046]Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman [https://drhyman.com/picks/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=shownotes]https://drhyman.com/pages/picks?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast [https://drhyman.com/pages/picks?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast]Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal [https://drhyman.com/longevity/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=shownotes]https://drhyman.com/pages/longevity?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast [https://drhyman.com/pages/longevity?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast]Join the 10-Day Detox to Reset Your Health [https://drhyman.com/pages/10-day-detox]https://drhyman.com/pages/10-day-detox [https://drhyman.com/pages/10-day-detox]Join the Hyman Hive for Expert Support and Real Results [https://drhyman.com/pages/hyman-hive]https://drhyman.com/pages/hyman-hive [https://drhyman.com/pages/hyman-hive] This episode is brought to you by Seed, Pique, BON CHARGE, Paleovalley and Timeline. Visit seed.com/hyman [http://seed.com/hyman] and use code 25HYMAN for 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. Head to piquelife.com/hyman [http://piquelife.com/hyman] to get 20% off + a free beaker and frother today. Go to boncharge.com [http://boncharge.com/] and use code DRMARK to save 15% on your PEMF mat today. Get nutrient-dense, whole foods. Head to paleovalley.com/hyman [http://paleovalley.com/hyman] for 15% off your first purchase. Support essential mitochondrial health and save 20% on Mitopure. Visit timeline.com/drhyman [http://timeline.com/drhyman] to get 20% off today.

Rates of chronic illness, behavioral disorders, and neurodevelopmental challenges are rising rapidly among children, often tied to underlying gut dysfunction, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental triggers such as toxins and ultra-processed foods. Conventional treatments frequently overlook these root causes, relying instead on symptom management or medication. Functional approaches emphasize foundational lifestyle changes—clean nutrition, microbiome support, movement, sleep, and stress reduction—as powerful tools to restore health. Children are especially responsive to these changes, often experiencing rapid and dramatic improvements in behavior, mood, and physical symptoms. With education, testing, and family-centered strategies, parents can take simple, effective steps to help their children thrive. In this episode, I discuss, along with Dr. Elisa Song, Dr. Suzanne Goh, and Dr. Elizabeth Boham why a root-cause approach is just as important for children, as it is for adults. Dr. Elisa Song, MD is a Stanford-, NYU-, UCSF-trained integrative pediatrician, pediatric functional medicine expert, and mom to 2 thriving children - and she is on a mission to revolutionize the future of children’s health. Dr. Song is the bestselling author of the Healthy Kids Happy Kids: An Integrative Pediatrician’s Guide to Whole Child Resilience. Dr. Song created Healthy Kids Happy Kids as an online holistic pediatric resource to help practitioners and parents bridge the gap between conventional and integrative pediatrics with an evidence-based, pediatrician-backed, mom-approved approach. In her integrative pediatric practice, she’s helped 1000s of kids get to the root causes of their health concerns and empowered parents to help their children thrive by integrating conventional pediatrics with functional medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and essential oils. Dr. Song is chair of A4M’s pediatric education and has lectured around the world at leading integrative and functional medicine conferences and premier parenting events. She has also been featured in hundreds of top podcasts, print and online media outlets, including the Wellness Mama podcast, BloomTV, Forbes, Healthline, MindBodyGreen, National Geographic, PopSugar, Parents, Motherly, Parade, Verywell Health, and New York Post. Dr. Suzanne Goh, co-founder and chief medical officer at Cortica, is a Rhodes Scholar and graduate of Harvard University, University of Oxford, and Harvard Medical School who has spent decades working with autistic children. Her work as a board-certified pediatric behavioral neurologist, behavioral analyst, neuroscience researcher, and author led her to create the Cortica Care Model, an innovative, whole-child approach that combines optimal medical treatment with the most effective strategies for advancing cognition, communication, and behavior. Dr. Elizabeth Boham is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Albany Medical School, and she is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and the Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center. Dr. Boham lectures on a variety of topics, including Women’s Health and Breast Cancer Prevention, insulin resistance, heart health, weight control and allergies. She is on the faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine. This episode is brought to you by BIOptimizers. Head to bioptimizers.com/hyman [http://bioptimizers.com/hyman] and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%. Full-length episodes can be found here: How to Raise Healthy Kids: A Functional Medicine Approach [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep893?_pos=1&_sid=b5a9e9a4b&_ss=r] The Surprising Causes of Autism & Why It's On The Rise [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep881?_pos=1&_sid=618df2fda&_ss=r] Addressing The Root Causes Of Childhood Obesity [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-hc42?_pos=2&_sid=9532bf4e4&_ss=r]

On this episode of The Dr. Hyman Show, Dr. Galpin, a leading expert in human performance, shares how to use your blood work, sleep metrics, and movement data in a way that actually helps you feel better—not just check more boxes. We discuss:  • What most people get wrong about sleep—and how to fix it • Why early testing can change your long-term health • How muscle impacts your brain, hormones, and aging • What high performers do differently—and how to apply it to your life Whether you want more energy, better sleep, or a smarter way to track your health—this one’s a game changer.  Tune in—you don’t want to miss it. View Show Notes From This Episode [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep1044]Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman [https://drhyman.com/picks/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=shownotes] https://drhyman.com/pages/picks?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast [https://drhyman.com/pages/picks?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast] Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal [https://drhyman.com/longevity/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=shownotes] https://drhyman.com/pages/longevity?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast [https://drhyman.com/pages/longevity?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast] Join the 10-Day Detox to Reset Your Health [https://drhyman.com/pages/10-day-detox] https://drhyman.com/pages/10-day-detox [https://drhyman.com/pages/10-day-detox] Join the Hyman Hive for Expert Support and Real Results [https://drhyman.com/pages/hyman-hive] https://drhyman.com/pages/hyman-hive [https://drhyman.com/pages/hyman-hive] This episode is brought to you by LMNT, PerfectAmino, AirDoctor, Big Bold Health and Sunlighten. Get a free LMNT Sample Pack with any order—just head to drinklmnt.com/hyman [http://drinklmnt.com/hyman]. Get pure essential amino acids today. Go to bodyhealth.com [http://bodyhealth.com/] and use HYMAN20 to get 20% off your first order. Get cleaner air. Right now, you can get up to $300 off at airdoctorpro.com/drhyman [http://airdoctorpro.com/drhyman]. Try HTB Immune Energy Chews for yourself, visit bigboldhealth.com [http://bigboldhealth.com/] and use code DRMARK 25 at checkout to get 25% off your purchase today. Visit sunlighten.com [http://sunlighten.com/] and save up to $1400 on your purchase with code HYMAN.

Our health and the health of our soil are deeply intertwined. Modern agriculture has become heavily dependent on synthetic inputs and industrial practices that strip the land of vitality, and the farmers of agency. Many farmers no longer eat what they grow, suffer from poor health, and experience alarming rates of depression and suicide. But there’s a path forward: regenerative farming not only restores soil health and increases nutrient density in food, it also revitalizes rural communities and offers economic resilience. By reconnecting with natural systems and rebuilding diversity in our soil, food, and microbiomes, we reclaim both ecological balance and human well-being. In this episode, I discuss, along with Allen Williams, Dr. Daphne Miller, and Ian Somerhalder the many facets of modern-day farming, including what we need to pay attention to and why we need to reclaim our soil. Allen Williams is a founding partner of Understanding Ag, LLC and the Soil Health Academy, and is a partner in Joyce Farms, Inc. He has consulted with more than 4,000 farmers and ranchers in the US and other countries, on operations ranging from a few acres to over 1 million acres. Allen and his partners pioneered many of the early regenerative agriculture principles and practices and now teach those to farmers globally. He is a “recovering academic,” having served 15 years on the faculty at Louisiana Tech University and Mississippi State University teaching genetics and physiology. Allen has been featured in the Carbon Nation film series, Soil Carbon Cowboys, on the Dr. Oz show, ABC Food Forecast News, and in Kiss The Ground, A Regenerative Secret, The Farmer’s Footprint film series, and the Sacred Cow film series.  Dr. Daphne Miller is a practicing family physician, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco, and Founder of the Health from the Soil Up Initiative. She is the author of two books: The Jungle Effect: Healthiest Diets from Around the World and Farmacology: Total Health from the Soil Up. A pioneer in the “Healthy Parks, Healthy People” initiative, Miller helped build linkages between our medical system and our park system and writes her patients “park prescriptions” to get outdoors. She also developed a soil learning lab for health professionals at Paicines Ranch in Hollister California. Ian Somerhalder is an American actor, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. Best known for his iconic roles on "Lost" and "The Vampire Diaries," he is co-founder of The Absorption Company (a revolutionary supplement company formulated for increased absorption) and co-owner of Brother's Bond Bourbon. His recent work includes executive producing the documentary "Common Ground" (2023), which highlights regenerative agriculture's innovative solutions to combat climate change. This episode is brought to you by BIOptimizers. Head to bioptimizers.com/hyman [http://bioptimizers.com/hyman] and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%. Full-length episodes can be found here: Can Regenerative Agriculture Reverse Climate Change And Chronic Disease? [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep163?_pos=13&_sid=a2ea020f0&_ss=r] Why Your Health Depends on the Soil [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep54?_pos=28&_sid=422169d06&_ss=r] Why Our Farms Hold the Key to a Healthier Future [https://drhyman.com/blogs/content/podcast-ep1017]