Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Cynthia Thurlow | Muscle_ The Organ of Longevity

26 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube talk by Cynthia Thurlow arguing that muscle is an "organ of longevity" and emphasizing protein intake. Thurlow uses a filet (young muscle) vs ribeye (old muscle with marbling) metaphor to describe healthy versus inflamed muscle, stating that intramuscular adipose tissue (marbling) produces inflammatory cytokines.

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The key about why muscle is so important and why I talk so much about protein is that muscle is this organ of longevity. When we look at, like, a filet versus a ribeye, yes, they're both delicious, but that marbling is actual inflammation. And marbling is this infiltration of adipose tissue, which is not just fat. Fat is actually this gland in the body. It actually can. It's very inflammatory. The cytokines, a lot of inflammatory property. And that is what old muscle looks like. Young muscle, like my teenagers, looks like the fillet. We want to look like the fillet and not the ribeye.