Protein for Muscle and Metabolism: When and How much? | Donald Layman PhD

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (0:02)
Welcome to the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent conversations.
In today's episode of the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, I sit down with my longtime mentor and best friend, Dr. Donald Layman. Dr. Donald Layman is a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois. He's published over a hundred scientific articles. He is extremely well respected in the scientific space and considered one of the top experts in protein metabolism. Dr. Donald Layman is truly world class.
And in this episode, we talk about how to design a protein forward diet. We also discuss protein quality. How do you integrate whatever your protein choices are to design a diet that will optimize your metabolism? And finally, we talk about proteins impact on body composition. I hope you love this episode. Please head on over to my website, drgabriellion.com.
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Dr. Donald Layman, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, over a hundred published studies and really I wince when I call you the grandfather of protein because that means that you've been in this for quite some time. And for the listener who doesn't know you and doesn't know our relationship, although I'm quite sure that they do, you've been a mentor of mine for the last two decades. And in fact, my book coming out forever strong is fully dedicated to you.
So very, very exciting.

**Dr. Donald Layman** (5:11)
Thank you for all of that. It's been a wonderful association for over 20 years and really best friends.

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (5:21)
Pretty amazing. And I'm so honored to have you on this podcast.
And I know that you will be on many more times. In this episode, it's going to be very important for us to lay down the foundation, the foundation of dietary protein and really the crooks of meal distribution, why it matters, all the nuances, so that people can walk away and be able to build a diet tomorrow in a way that supports them metabolically. And by the way, Don, you don't even know this, but I am sending out a weekly email called 30 Gs. Do you have any idea where that is? It's fun, right?