Ep. 608 "Beyond Protein and Exercise" — What Actually Supports Muscle Growth in Midlife | Menopause, Perimenopause, Muscle Growth
6/18/202613 min
Welcome to the latest Midlife Minute. Today, we’re exploring the benefits of creatine monohydrate, essential aminos, grass-fed beef liver, and Yolked (fortotropin). I explain how these products work together, the importance of resistance training and hormone optimization as foundational factors in midlife, and how supplements fit in. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: The benefits of using creatine monohydrate when training The value of essential aminos for muscle protein synthesis and reducing protein breakdown The nutrients provided by grass-fed beef liver What research suggests about how Yolked may relate to myostatin modulation, muscle hypertrophy pathways, and growth factor signaling Why I recommend using creatine, essential aminos, beef liver, and Yolked together as a stacked approach Why resistance exercise remains the primary signal for muscle growth The importance of hormone optimization for energy, muscle building, executive function, motivation, and recovery Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on X, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website. Submit your questions to support@cynthiathurlow.com Join other like-minded women in a supportive, nurturing community: The Midlife Pause/Cynthia Thurlow. Purchase Cynthia’s book, The Menopause Gut. Cynthia’s Intermittent Fasting Transformation Book The Midlife Pause Supplement Line Resources: Kion Aminos: Use the code CYNTHIA for 20% off Yolked: Use the code CYNTHIA for 20% off Ancestral Supplements: Use the affiliate code CYNTHIA
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First 90 secondsCynthia Thurlow· Host0:00
[gentle music] Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast. I'm your host, nurse practitioner Cynthia Thurlow. This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals. My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the health and wellness industry each week, and impact over a million lives. [gentle music] This is the start of a new Thursday series called The Midlife Minute that is really designed to address listeners' questions in a little bit longer length of time and/or deeper dive into topics. Ideally, we're gonna keep these podcasts under 20 minutes. Occasionally, we may go over to 30, but I'm trying to reinforce some key concepts and ensure that I'm addressing listeners' questions in a way that's really helpful. So the questions that I will be addressing, topics are gonna be items that I'm being asked over and over and over again. I hope you enjoy this series. Please share with your friends and as you know, you can always send your questions to support@cynthiathurlow.com. I appreciate each and every listener. [gentle music] Here are some other benefits of Yoked. It has myostatin modulation, which is the primary negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass.