Amino Acids Supplements: Should You be Taking Them? | Dr. Robert Wolfe PhD

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (0:02)
Welcome to the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent conversations.
Thank you In today's episode of the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, I sit down with the legendary Dr. Robert Wolfe. Now, for those of you in the protein world and in the nutrition world, then Dr. Robert Wolfe is no stranger to you. Dr. Wolfe has served as faculty member at Harvard Medical School, and the focus of Dr. Wolfe's 40 years of medical research has been primarily on aging, metabolism, and muscle performance.
He has really, really done legacy-type work. He's published over 500 peer-reviewed articles, three books, and holds many active patents. In this episode of the show, we talk all about the potential use of individual amino acids. Who should use a branch chain amino acid versus an essential amino acid? And what kind of diet is most disruptive to metabolism? Is it high fat? Is it high carb? And finally, are you working hard enough to justify that large fruit smoothie you're about to have? And as always, we appreciate your time. Please take a moment to leave a review, a comment, rate it, share it. We understand how precious your time is and we greatly, greatly appreciate it. One last thing. If you have not had a chance to head on over to my website, please head on over to drgabriellelyon.com. Check out the pre-order page of my book. We are offering a ton of free perks. So head on over to my website, check out the pre-order page and check out all the free things that we are offering. All right, let's dive in. This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth. Let me just tell you, summer's hot and summer is really hot in Houston. I love my Cozy Earth sheets.
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**Dr. Robert Wolfe** (4:50)
Well, that's great to hear.
You ran it long enough and there'll be somebody that has listened to you. And one of the things that in my career, I had over 50 post-docs and about 20 PhD students.
And one of the things that involved a lot of hassle because the program in metabolic physiology wasn't existent. And so I had to start it and go through all the administrative hoops. But I came to realize that by yourself, you can only do so much research and make whatever contribution you can. But through influencing other people, you have a much broader chance of actually making contact and influencing people. And so it's just great to hear that you actually had that I had some impact on the direction that your work has gone.