You were told your testosterone is "normal" so why do you still feel exhausted, weak, and off? The number on your lab report was never built for you, and your own genetics may be the reason it doesn't match how you feel.

In this solo episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon discusses:

• Why the standard 300–1000 ng/dL range ignores your age, comorbidities, and genetics, and why two men with identical labs can feel completely different
• How CAG repeats determine whether your body "catches" the testosterone you produce, meaning you might need 400 to feel great while someone else needs 800
• Why the 80-year-old fear that testosterone fuels prostate cancer is built on a single flawed 1941 study, and what the androgen saturation model proves instead
• How everyday endocrine disruptors BPA in receipts, phthalates in personal care, atrazine in tap water quietly lower your testosterone even when you eat clean and train hard
• The correct AUA testing protocol your doctor may be skipping: two early-morning, fasted measurements plus actual symptoms, not one afternoon blood draw

Understanding how your own body uses testosterone lets you walk into your doctor's office armed with facts instead of frustration and stop being told you're "fine" when you don't feel it.

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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

00:55 - Why one reference range fails everyone

01:45 - Men with normal labs who feel terrible

02:40 - Dismantling the prostate cancer myth ahead

03:40 - Testosterone decline by age data

04:30 - It's comorbidities and environment, not just age

05:10 - Endocrine disruptors and how they work

06:30 - How EDCs lower testosterone

08:00 - Common offenders and where they hide

09:00 - Receipts, atrazine, and performance apparel

10:30 - Reducing your chemical exposure

11:45 - The prostate cancer paradigm shift

12:20 - The flawed 1941 study

13:00 - The androgen saturation model

14:00 - Testosterone therapy with prostate cancer data

15:00 - What happens when you block androgens

15:45 - Androgens and brain protection

16:45 - CAG repeats and genetic variability

18:30 - The rain and buckets analogy

19:30 - AUA testing and diagnosis protocol

21:00 - Symptoms, targets, and safe monitoring

22:15 - Muscle-centric application and recap

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For 40 years you've been told 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram is "enough" but the scientists who contributed the reports behind the new 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines say not a single study has ever shown that number beats eating more.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Dr. Don Layman and Dr. Heather Leidy, the protein researchers who developed the scientific reports informing the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines, to discuss:

Why the guidelines reprioritized protein to a healthy range of 1.2–1.6 g/kg and why that still isn't technically "high protein"

Why you don't really have a protein requirement, but an essential amino acid requirement and what that means for your brain, mood, and antioxidant production

Who's quietly falling short: roughly 20% of women over 60 sit below the RDA, and adolescent girls are among the most consistently deficient

How to spot real protein on a label (Layman's 10-gram threshold) and why most "+protein" snacks are just fairy dust

What a higher-protein breakfast does to afternoon cravings, backed by fMRI brain-reward data

Walk away knowing how much protein you actually need, why "enough to avoid deficiency" and "enough to thrive" are two different numbers, and how to build every meal around protein first so you're covered on the nutrients that matter most.

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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

02:00 - The biggest change in 45 years

03:36 - Why the guidelines are so controversial

06:09 - Process complaints vs. the science

08:25 - Protein was always there, just hidden

10:26 - Is 1.6g really high protein?

13:00 - Half of people are below average

13:45 - The randomized trials that say no benefit

16:57 - Why cherry-picked studies mislead

18:42 - Amino acids are essential, fiber isn't

21:17 - Does protein only matter with lifting?

33:33 - Nitrogen balance and its blind spot

40:02 - The carbohydrate RDA everyone ignores

47:37 - The nine essential amino acids

49:49 - Why aging makes deficiency worse

53:36 - Going below 50% animal protein

58:25 - Protein quality and carbohydrate dilution

1:04:34 - Hitting protein when you're small

1:08:53 - High-protein breakfast and the teen brain

1:10:19 - fMRI: blunted food cravings

1:18:40 - The saturated fat sticking point

1:26:30 - The 10% number from thin air

1:40:17 - Is protein in everything fairy dust?

1:46:42 - Smart high-protein snacks

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The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Podcast and YouTube are for general information purposes only and do not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast, YouTube, or materials linked from this podcast or YouTube is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professional for any such conditions.

The receptor that switches off your appetite on a GLP-1 drug is the same one wired into your reward circuitry, your hormones, and your blood vessels, which means when you turn down hunger, something else may be getting turned down too, and for most people taking these drugs, nobody ever checked.

In this solo episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon discusses:

• Why the same drug class can improve sexual function in men with obesity while potentially dampening it in lean or postmenopausal women — and why the deciding factor isn't the drug, it's the body
• How rapid weight loss raises SHBG, the protein that soaks up free testosterone, so a "normal" total testosterone result can hide a real deficit your bloodwork won't flag
• Why women make up 60–70% of GLP-1 prescriptions yet the entire evidence base for female sexual function is two case reports, with zero validated questionnaires in any pivotal trial
• The three-tier action plan for anyone on or about to start a GLP-1 — baseline your sexual function first, get free testosterone tested, and protect muscle with protein and resistance training

Whether you're on a GLP-1 drug or considering one, you'll walk away knowing exactly what to measure before you start and what to watch for after — so a change in your sexual health gets caught as the vital sign it is, instead of being quietly dismissed.

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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:30 - The 35-year-old patient case

04:00 - The question: harm or help?

05:00 - The case against: the 4.5x ED study

06:30 - FAERS database and 182 reports

08:00 - Reward circuits, blood flow, and SHBG

11:00 - Women are 70%, the data is two case reports

12:30 - The case for: detection bias explained

15:00 - Validated studies show testosterone rising

17:00 - GLP-1 vs testosterone therapy and fertility

19:00 - Same receptor, different body

22:00 - Cross-examination: holes in both sides

26:00 - Why the drugs may not all be the same

30:00 - Confidence levels: what Lyon actually believes

33:00 - Tier 1: baseline, hormones, protein, training

35:00 - Tier 2 and 3: dose, molecule switch, adjuncts

36:30 - Your sexuality is a vital sign

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The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Podcast and YouTube are for general information purposes only and do not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast, YouTube, or materials linked from this podcast or YouTube is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professional for any such conditions.

You might think more cardio is the key to aging well but Lisa Smith-Batchen, who has run 135 miles through Death Valley ten times, says it's strength that actually carries you through the decades.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Lisa Smith-Batchen, one of the most decorated ultra-endurance athletes in American history and a 10-time Badwater 135 finisher, to discuss:

• Why being strong matters more than being fast and why "it's not the running that helps me run, it's being strong"
• The first movement everyone should train at any age: sit to stand, followed by squats, wall sits, lunges, and pushups
• Why cutting protein after 60 backfires, and why Lisa fuels on roughly 80% protein calories during races
• How to start lifting late, her 85-year-old client went from 5-pound weights to 230-pound farmer carries
• The fall that ended her father's life, and why "pick your feet up" became her mission for aging athletes

You'll walk away with a clear, muscle-first blueprint for staying strong, mobile, and independent for life — and the motivation to start today instead of waiting for another Monday.

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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

02:10 - From marathon to the Badwater 135

05:31 - The first race and learning the hard way

06:41 - Inside the pain cave

13:46 - Why she went back ten times

16:51 - Bonking, hydration, and what changed

21:12 - Finding your why

28:04 - Running for something greater

33:25 - Strong over fast: the real secret

35:59 - The lifting myths men and women believe

44:13 - Where a beginner should start

47:02 - Sit to stand: the non-negotiable move

48:56 - The habit that killed her father

51:11 - Why falls are so devastating

54:14 - The danger of low-protein advice for older adults

59:00 - Stop waiting for Monday

01:01:37 - Fueling: protein, sodium, and calories per hour

01:13:01 - Why a DNF isn't failure

01:18:13 - Unfinished business and the right choice

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The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Podcast and YouTube are for general information purposes only and do not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast, YouTube, or materials linked from this podcast or YouTube is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professional for any such conditions.

What does it actually mean to win at the highest level? In this powerful compilation, I’m with 2024 CrossFit Games champion James Sprague, 2023 CrossFit Games champion Laura Horvath, and legendary endurance coach Chris Hinshaw to unpack the mental game behind elite performance, the vulnerability that follows victory, and why champions are often more fragile in the moments just after they win. What does winning mean to you right now?

Connect with James Sprague

Website: https://games.crossfit.com/athlete/900251

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Website: https://games.crossfit.com/athlete/591912

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@kaduzs23?si=3j8mXAnf38H7uGvi

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurahorvaht/?hl=en

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro of Show

00:52 - The Rogue Invitational and qualifying

01:41 - Applying friction in elite training

02:27 - Why winners are vulnerable

02:47 - CrossFit and HYROX recovery demands

03:23 - Active versus passive rest

04:14 - Why records keep breaking

05:18 - Training by feel without wearables

06:16 - Mastering movement before intensity

07:21 - Reframing pain as growth

08:25 - How CrossFit events are structured

09:47 - Building structural integrity

10:38 - The three bases of the sport

11:34 - Getting comfortable being uncomfortable

‼️Disclaimer: The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Podcast and YouTube are for general information purposes only and do not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast, YouTube, or materials linked from this podcast or YouTube is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professional for any such conditions.

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Most men think erectile dysfunction is a bedroom problem and low testosterone is just a fact of getting older. This roundtable makes the case that both are early warning lights for your heart, your metabolism, and your long-term health and that ignoring them can cost you a decade.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with urologists and men's health specialists Dr. Mohit Khera, Dr. Larry Lipshultz, and Dr. Tobias Köhler to discuss:

• Why a 35-year-old with ED carries a ~15% risk of heart attack or stroke within 7 years, ~3.5x the risk of depression, and ~30% odds of diabetes or prediabetes and why a prescription alone misses all of it
• Why "age-related" testosterone decline is largely a misnomer: a healthy man shouldn't drop significantly with age, so falling T usually signals something reversible underneath
• How testosterone became the single best blood marker of a man's overall health, and the case for annual screening that almost no man gets
• What the TRAVERSE trial changed when the FDA removed testosterone's cardiovascular warning in 2025, debunking the prostate-cancer and heart-attack fears
• The 2-minute monthly self-exam every man should do to catch testicular cancer early, when it's ~99% curable

If you've been told your symptoms are "just aging" or you love a man who refuses to see a doctor. This conversation shows you how to read the signals your body gives long before a crisis hits.

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• Website: https://www.larrylipshultz.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrsAmyandLarry

Find Dr. Tobias Kohler

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobiaskohlermd?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
• X: https://x.com/sexhealthmd?s=11

Find Dr. Mohit Khera

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmohitkhera?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D
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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:30 - What doctors got wrong about testosterone

05:05 - The prostate cancer myth, debunked

07:12 - The best marker of a man's health

11:51 - Is age-related decline actually real?

14:15 - How obesity crushes testosterone

18:11 - Testosterone and reversing diabetes

20:06 - GLP-1 versus testosterone

25:20 - What "low testosterone" really means

29:05 - Dosing, CAG repeats, and microdosing

42:34 - The TRAVERSE trial and FDA reversal

47:10 - The prostate saturation point

56:49 - Peptides, explained

01:03:00 - Why ED is a check engine light

01:08:26 - The desert of men's health care

01:11:06 - The case for annual screening

01:16:45 - Varicoceles and male fertility

01:20:03 - How to check for testicular cancer

01:26:44 - Final advice for men

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Your ego isn’t the enemy, but if you’re not actively controlling it, it is running your team, your home, and your most important relationships. Jamie Cochran, COO of Echelon Front, has spent 13 years helping leaders fix the root cause most of them never look for.

The Women’s Leadership Assembly live event runs January 5–7, 2027 in Palm Springs. A free monthly webinar series runs year-round. More details here: https://events.echelonfront.com/product/assembly-004/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=22652941380&utm_content=&utm_term=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=22652941380&utm_content=&utm_term=&gadid=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22662710098&gclid=CjwKCAjwxITRBhBYEiwA6mZm7VZs1jY-jUq1ugoigo8XEDkYsRsSEpOs2eblax5TQOW-9LT_K-hVhBoC1RkQAvD_BwE

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Chapters

00:00 ​Intro of Show

01:33 The Spartan Warrior Selection

02:25 Why Female Leadership Is Misunderstood

06:35 Are Leadership Tools Evolving or Constant?

07:12 What Is Extreme Ownership?

11:44 Owning It All vs. Doing It All

12:34 Female Leadership: Strength vs. Confidence vs. Aggression

17:57 Imposter Syndrome: Healthy or Dangerous?

23:37 Leadership Skills: Natural or Trainable?

31:00 Detachment from Emotion: On Making Better Decisions

32:32 Healthy Competition Against Women

36:20 Jamie’s Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Practicing Detachment

48:12 Avoidant Leaders and Default Aggressive Bias for Action

51:96 Top 3 Mistakes Leaders Make

52:43 The Leadership Capital Framework

57:54 The PIOS Framework: Problem, Impact, Ownership, Solution

1:00:10 When to End a Professional Relationship

1:04:29 The Women’s Leadership Assembly: Origin Story

1:07:05 Impact of Social Media on the Confidence of Young Girls

1:13:35 Compounding Habits that Improve Leadership over Time

1:14:55 Discipline as a Parenting Tool

1:22:07 Recognising when your Leadership Capacity is Failing

1:24:51 Women’s Assembly in January 2027: Palm Springs

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Most men think erectile dysfunction is a bedroom problem. It's actually one of the earliest warning signs of cardiovascular disease, capable of showing up three to five years before a heart attack.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Dr. Amy Pearlman, a urologist trained in men's sexual health, to discuss:

• Why ED is a symptom of vascular health, not a standalone disease and how the artery feeding the heart is roughly double the size of the one feeding the penis, so problems show up "down there" first
• Why "normal" testosterone can be meaningless, and the questions to ask before accepting a lab result that didn't flag
• How daily erections preserve penile tissue the way water keeps a sponge supple and why disuse can cost noticeable size over just a few months
• That cardiovascular exercise can rival ED medication for improving erectile function, making your heart health the real fix
• How to track erectile fitness before there's a problem, instead of waiting until something breaks

By the end, you'll understand the single signal your body uses to flag heart and metabolic risk early and the simple, mostly drug-free steps that protect both your cardiovascular health and your sexual function for life.

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Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction

01:25 - Erections predict cardiac events

01:41 - The pen and artery analogy

03:40 - No health milestones for men

07:52 - Normal structure and function

11:45 - The five S's of men's health

21:24 - Why "normal" testosterone misleads

25:00 - Testosterone and fertility risk

31:05 - Steroids versus FDA-approved agents

41:13 - The untreated 25-year-old

43:56 - Sperm health and home testing

52:02 - Peyronie's disease and injury

1:01:34 - Protein, nutrition, supplements

1:05:09 - Daily Cialis as a pre-workout

1:13:32 - The sponge analogy

1:15:31 - Erectile fitness tracking

1:23:05 - The penis pump, used right

1:27:24 - Restoring lost size

1:35:00 - Traction and girth enhancement

1:46:00 - Women's anatomy and pleasure

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Most people think the cholesterol number on their lab report tells them whether their heart is at risk. But former National Lipid Association President Dr. Kevin Maki explains that LDL is just one piece of a much bigger picture and focusing on it alone can mean missing the markers that matter most.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Dr. Kevin Maki, former President of the National Lipid Association and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology, to discuss:

• Why ApoB and Lp(a) are better predictors of heart risk than LDL and why only about 2% of people ever get Lp(a) tested
• What a beef-vs-chicken feeding study revealed about red meat and cholesterol (the LDL results came back identical at 112 mg/dL)
• The evidence behind the seed oil debate, including why higher linoleic acid levels tracked with lower inflammation markers across a 2,000-person dataset
• Why the balance of cholesterol-raising and cholesterol-lowering foods matters more than saturated fat alone
• The simple "ABCs" framework: A1c, blood pressure, cholesterol - for actually lowering long-term cardiovascular risk

By the end, you'll know which numbers actually predict heart risk, which tests to ask your doctor for, and how to cut through the conflicting noise around fat so you can make evidence-based decisions for the long haul.

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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

00:31 - Dr. Kevin Maki and the National Lipid Association

01:04 - New dietary guidelines and the LDL confusion

02:04 - What raises and lowers LDL cholesterol

03:51 - Cholesterol levels from birth through puberty

05:11 - The lipid panel kids should get before age 11

06:42 - Lp(a): the test only 2% of people get

08:18 - ApoB and the three risky particle types

11:35 - Do we have evidence for "lower is better"?

14:09 - The FLASH-GLICK risk factor framework

17:10 - The 10% saturated fat guideline explained

19:36 - Many dietary patterns can be healthy

24:50 - Beef vs. chicken: identical LDL results

27:10 - The balance of fatty acids that matters

29:24 - Olive oil vs. corn oil feeding study

31:00 - Lower for longer: 40-year risk reduction

34:15 - Genetic cholesterol disorders and risk

40:33 - The omega-3 index and why it matters

49:10 - Are seed oils really driving inflammation?

53:11 - How seed oils are processed and refined

1:07:48 - Inherited beliefs and outdated nutrition science

1:08:54 - Butter vs. cheese and high-fat dairy surprises

1:14:48 - Exercise effects on HDL and triglycerides

1:21:20 - The ABCs of reducing cardiovascular risk

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Colorectal cancer is now the leading cancer killer in adults under 50, and patients in their 20s are presenting with metastatic disease that has nothing to do with family history. Most physicians are still telling young patients with rectal bleeding that it's probably just hemorrhoids and that's costing lives.

In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Dr. Michelle Pearlman, a board-certified gastroenterologist and founder of a Miami-based gastro-metabolic clinic, to discuss:

• The specific warning signs every adult under 50 should never ignore, regardless of age including rectal bleeding, unintentional weight loss, and persistent abdominal pain
• Why GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Zepbound are being miscategorized as weight loss drugs when they're actually metabolic reprogrammers with applications in fatty liver, sleep apnea, and inflammation
• The protein, fiber, and resistance training protocol Dr. Pearlman uses to protect muscle mass in patients on GLP-1 therapy
• How hormone replacement therapy combined with GLP-1s is changing body composition outcomes for perimenopausal women and why current guidelines are still 20 years behind the data
• Dr. Pearlman's personal osteoporosis diagnosis at 39, despite being a lifelong bodybuilder, and what it revealed about the diagnostic gaps in standard medicine

This conversation gives you the framework to recognize the warning signs most physicians are still missing, and the foundational habits; nutrition, resistance training, and hormone optimization that protect your gut, bones, and muscle through midlife and beyond.

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00:00 - Introduction: Colorectal cancer under 50

01:15 - The gastro-metabolic approach explained

03:30 - Why nutrition isn't taught in GI fellowship

05:45 - When the colonoscopy is normal but patients suffer

07:00 - Weight, reflux, and visceral fat

09:15 - PPIs, bone density, and long-term risk

11:30 - Three things to never do for gut health

14:00 - Ultra-processed food and early-onset cancer

16:45 - Rectal bleeding, warning signs, and age

19:00 - Screening guidelines and the obesity gap

22:30 - GLP-1 medications: history and mechanism

27:15 - Hunger, cravings, and food noise

30:00 - The stigma around metabolic medications

33:45 - Side effects: nausea, reflux, constipation

38:30 - Compounded formulations and pharmacy safety

42:00 - Hair loss, protein, and supplementation

45:15 - Pill versus injection delivery systems

49:30 - Fiber, the microbiome, and short-chain fatty acids

54:00 - GLP-1s plus hormone replacement therapy

58:45 - Testosterone, Kyzatrex, and women's bone health

1:03:00 - Pearlman's osteoporosis diagnosis at 39

1:09:30 - The diagnostic gap in standard medicine

1:14:00 - Building Bite MD and the future of nutrition tech

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