10/04/2026
“The second key point to that is that if you're not strength training, the protein is not going to have a lot of benefit for muscles. You're not going to build muscles and look like a bodybuilder if you're not strength training. So protein like sugar, like starch mark, if you eat excess protein and you have the amino acids circulating your bloodstream, the muscle says, I don't need them.
You didn't work out in the last couple of days. I don't need more amino acids. What happens, insulin goes up, the counter-regulatory hormone insulin, the same hormone that regulates glucose, goes up and turns those amino acids into fat for storage in the body.
So protein gets turned to fat. So if you're going out and having protein drinks, and protein energy bars, and protein shakes, and protein junk food, and you're not exercising, you're just building body fat.
Especially if you're eating protein with sugar, like a Dunkin Donut or a Starbucks drink.
And then the last point I think which is probably to me, as a cardiologist, the most important, is the muscle is not the only organ in your body. So even if you're strength[…]”
From The Dr. Hyman Show: Nutrition Expert: This Is Why Eat Less, Exercise More Never Works, Sep 30, 2026
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