What protein dosing does Cynthia Thurlow recommend for middle-aged women?

Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Cynthia Thurlow | Protein is Key For Middle-Aged Women

24 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Transcript excerpt from a YouTube talk (Cynthia Thurlow) arguing that higher protein intake is critical for metabolic health in perimenopausal and menopausal women. She recommends specific dosing (30–40 g protein three times daily or 50 g twice daily) and reports personal benefits: better sleep, sustained energy, and less post-meal sleepiness; she also notes temporarily pausing fasting.

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30–40 grams of protein at least three times a day, or 50 grams twice a day.

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Protein is the key for so many of these middle aged women. The women that I can get on board and say, okay, we're going to have 30 to 40 grams of protein at least three times a day. If not, you're going to do 50 grams twice a day. Suddenly they sleep better, they have more energy. And so I really think that protein is the key for so many of these middle aged women, myself included. Like I tell people, like when I think about how I eat 10 years ago or now, it's very, very different. And so with that understanding, it makes sense to me that, you know, I don't get sleepy after meal. I, you know, I have great sustained energy all day long. I'm not struggling to make it from breakfast to lunch or lunch to dinner. And oh, by the way, I'm taking a break from fasting. But how many people understand that that protein really is a very important component of metabolic health? As we're navigating perimenopause and menopause, I think it's critically important.