The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show promotes a healthy world, and in order to have a healthy world, we must have transparent conversations. This show is dedicated to such conversations as the listener; your education, understanding, strength, and health are the primary focus. The goal of this show is to provide you with a framework for navigating the health and wellness space and, most importantly, being the champion of your own life. Guests include highly trustworthy professionals that bring both the art and science of wellness aspects that are both physical and mental. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a Washington University fellowship-trained physician who serves the innovators, mavericks, and leaders in their fields, as well as working closely with the Special Operations Military. She is the founder of the Institute of Muscle-Centric Medicine® and serves patients worldwide.
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Clint Davis is an Army Veteran with a bachelor's in psychology and master's in Marriage and Family Therapy. He is an ordained minister and an LPC, trained in trauma and certified in sexual addiction recovery. Clint is trained in Natural Lifemanship, which is a trauma responsive equine therapy, where horses and humans connect and heal. He has worked, for over a decade, in ministry to help those out of human trafficking and poverty. Clint owns Clint Davis Counseling and Integrative Wellness. He ha...
Casey Means , MD is a Stanford-trained physician and Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of metabolic health company Levels. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tech-enabled tools that can inform smart, personalized, and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices. Dr. Means’s perspective has been recently featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The New Yorker, Men's Health, Women's Health, ...
Dr. Rob Kominiarek D.O., FACOFP is a board-certified Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and a Fellows Crest Award Winner with advanced training in Age Management Medicine and Hormone Optimization. He is president of ReNue Health®. Dr. Rob is a graduate of Nova-Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He completed his residency training at Ohio University, Grandview Hospital and Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio and is an Assi...
Dr. Parsley began his journey into the realm of peak human performance when he became a Navy SEAL at the ripe age of 19 years and went on to serve during the Gulf War. After a brief hiatus from the SEAL community to complete his undergraduate studies, medical school, his internship and residency, Dr. Parsley then went full-circle and became the physician for the West Coast SEAL teams. His incredible success with the SEALs lead to him becoming the go-to medical human performance expert for not on...
Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt is a Swedish medical doctor specialized in family medicine. He is the founder and CEO of Diet Doctor, which has been the world’s most popular low-carb website for a decade. In the past few years, Dr. Eenfeldt has moved his company into higher-protein diets and an innovative higher-satiety approach. Recently they launched a new brand and website, Hava.co . They believe that the future of eating for metabolic health and body composition is satiety. At Hava, they aim to make sa...
Scott M. Smith leads the Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center. This group is charged with keeping crews healthy with respect to nutrition, including using nutrition to optimize astronaut health and safety. This work includes ground-based and spaceflight research to understand how nutrition can mitigate the risks of spaceflight. Smith has ongoing research projects on the International Space Station. Smith has also led several ground-based research projects to better un...
Dr. Wolfe couples scientific expertise with broad experience as a competitive athlete, having been both a professional basketball player and competitive marathon runner who has set national age-group records. Dr. Wolfe served as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, and the focus of Dr. Wolfe’s 40 years of medical research has been primarily on aging, metabolism, and muscle performance. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed research articles, three books, and holds many active patents. D...
In this episode, Dr. Martin Gibala, a world-leading expert, breaks down the complexities of interval training, HIIT, and sprint interval training. He details how to individualize exercise plans, the profound metabolic and physiological adaptations, and the surprisingly minimal effective dose required for significant health benefits. The discussion also touches upon its impact on body composition, blood markers, and the aging population, while looking ahead to personalized exercise prescription.
Amy Shah, MD, is a double-board-certified medical doctor and nutrition expert with training from Cornell, Columbia, and Harvard Universities. Drawing from her background in internal medicine and allergy/immunology, as well as her own wellness journey, she has dedicated her practice to helping her patients feel better and live healthier through her integrative and holistic approach to wellness. She was named one of mindbodygreen’s Top 100 Women in Wellness to Watch in 2015 and appears regularly o...
Prior to Matt becoming a successful entrepreneur, he spent 5 years in Special Operations on SWAT and was a TFO on the United States Marshal’s Office Fugitive Team. After his time in law enforcement, he founded his first company in 2013 and after scaling and selling the company in 2019, he was brought on board with a national brand as an executive director, which led to his serial entrepreneurship. In addition to being the founder and CEO of Memento Mori Capital, Matt is the Executive Vice-Presid...
Dr. Donald Layman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Layman served on the faculty at the University of Illinois from 1977 – 2012. Dr. Layman has been a leader in research about protein, nutrition for athletic performance, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular health. Dr. Layman has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has received numerous awards for his research from the American Society for Nutr...
Victoria Felkar is a doctoral candidate conducting interdisciplinary research on women’s health, reproductive function, and pharmaceutical steroid hormones. Her work offers a novel and critical perspective into the use of drugs for health and performance purposes within the female athlete population. Victoria’s research has achieved international awards and accolades within the academic field. Beyond academia, Victoria is an internationally respected educator and consultant within the fitness, b...
Kelsi is the CEO of Brass & Unity and author of “Brass and Unity, one woman’s journey through the hell of Afghanistan”. She is a Canadian veteran who served as an Artillery Gunner & CST in Afghanistan in 2009 with the Canadian, American and British military. After deploying to Afghanistan at 19, Kelsi was diagnosed with PTSD & TBI and sent home only to begin a new war—the war with herself. Kelsi is also a coach within the psychedelic integration space and specialized in motivation, l...
William J. Evans , PhD is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Duke University Medical Center and Human Nutrition in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Evans is the author or co-author of more than 300 publications in scientific journals, has more than 75,000 citations and was the first to describe sarcopenia . He is the co-inventor of a non-invasive and accurate measurement of muscle mass which is strongly related to health outcomes in older...
Nick Barringer is an expert on nutrition and performance for the tactical athlete. Nick Barringer currently serves as the Program Director for the Army-Baylor University Master’s Program in Nutrition. Barringer has a Doctorate degree in Kinesiology from Texas A&M University and received his undergraduate degree in dietetics from the University of Georgia. Barringer previously served as an assistant professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point and as the Regimental Nutritioni...
Jason Wachob is the founder and co-CEO of mindbodygreen, the leading independent media brand dedicated to well-being with 15 million monthly unique visitors. He is also the host of the popular mindbodygreen podcast and the bestselling author of Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Resume. He has been featured in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, BoF, and Vogue, and has a BA in history from Columbia University, where he played varsity basketball for...
Evy Poumpouras is a former Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, co-host of Bravo TV’s competition series Spy Games, and author of the best-selling book Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, Live Fearlessly. During her time as a United States Secret Service Special Agent, Evy was considered one of the agency’s elite interview and interrogation experts. Evy holds a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology as well as a Master of Science in Journalism from Co...
Dr. Gregory Lutz is the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Regenerative SportsCare Institute, Physiatrist-in-Chief Emeritus at Hospital for Special Surgery, and a professor of clinical rehabilitation medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. A pioneer in regenerative medicine, Dr. Lutz has co-authored more than sixty scientific publications, including the first double-blind, randomized, controlled study demonstrating the clinical efficacy of intradiscal platelet-rich plasma ...
As Vice President of Performance Science at WHOOP, Kristen works with hundreds of the best tactical, professional, surgical teams, corporate, and NCAA Athlete Teams in the world, helping them interpret WHOOP data to optimize training, recovery, and sleep behavior. Kristen's research focuses on the temporal organization of circadian influences and their effect on physiological and psychological resilience. Kristen was a 3x All American, 2x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa, com...
John Jaquish, PhD. has spent years researching and developing improved approaches to health. He is the inventor of the most effective bone density building medical technology which is now partnered with Tony Robbins and OsteoStrong for rapid clinic deployment. Inventor of X3, a technology that is proven to develop muscle much faster than conventional weight lifting, all with the lowest risk of joint injury, Dr. Jaquish's methods are used in training the world's most elite athletes and associatio...
Neurophysiologist and human performance coach, Louisa Nicola is the founder and head performance advisor of Neuro Athletics - a consulting firm that boasts the best athletes in the world. By using science driven data from EEG scans, labs tests and cognitive assessments, Louisa has a first class ticket inside the brain of elite NBA and MLB stars. Louisa graduated from the University of Sydney medical school with a master of medicine in neurophysiology and is currently completing her doctorate stu...
Chris Masterjohn holds a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut, having completed his degree in 2012. He later worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Comparative Biosciences department of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two years until August 2014. Afterward, he served as an Assistant Professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College for two years, part of the City University of New York. Ch...
Tommy Wood MD, PhD is a neuroscientist and elite-level professional nerd who has coached world class athletes in a dozen sports. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscience from the University of Oslo. Tommy is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research interests include determining how early br...
After a successful five year run as a host on VH1 and a successful career as a Broadway actress, Jen Gottlieb co-founded Super Connector Media, an award-winning online education, events and training company that teaches business owners how to build profitable brands. In the last two years alone, Jen has helped over 20,000 business owners, experts, doctors, and coaches learn how to grow their businesses and become “The Recognized Expert” in their industry through her sold-out events, online cours...
Dr. Bill Campbell is a Professor of Exercise Science and Director of the Performance and Physique Enhancement Laboratory at the University of South Florida. He received his Ph.D. in Exercise, Nutrition, and Preventive Health at Baylor University. Dr. Campbell has authored 3 books and over 200 scientific abstracts and manuscripts centered on the topics of sports nutrition, physique enhancement, and exercise performance. In recent years he has led pioneering research related to dietary protein int...
Lewis Howes is a New York Times best-selling author, keynote speaker, and industry-leading show host. Howes is a two-sport All-American athlete, former professional football player, and member of the U.S.A. Men’s National Handball Team. His show The School of Greatness is one of the top podcasts in the world with over 500 million downloads. He was recognized by the White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30. In this episode we discuss: How having ...
Michelle Shapiro is an Integrative/ Functional Registered Dietitian from NYC with 8+ years of experience serving over 1000 clients to reverse their anxiety, heal longstanding gut issues and approach weight loss lovingly and in a body neutral way. Michelle, in her work, aims to bridge the gap for clients between functional nutrition and body positivity. She works with clients one on one in her private practice virtually. In this episode we discuss: Can you love your body and still want to lose we...
Dr. Stepanenko recently retired from the military after completing seven years as an active duty Army family physician and was a firefighter/paramedic in South Florida prior to his military medical career. He recently joined Gabrielle Lyon’s medical practice as the lead physician and is an ambassador for the Institute for Muscle Centric Medicine. He practices Lifestyle & Performance Medicine with specialty training in Functional Medicine (IFMCP) and is teaching staff for the military’s only ...
Liz Plosser is the Editor-in-Chief of Women’s Health , where she oversees the brand across its print and digital platforms and various brand extensions. Liz has been in the wellness industry for more almost 20 years, previously overseeing digital strategy as SVP of Content at Well+Good , and prior to that, serving as the Senior Director of Content & Communications at SoulCycle . She is the former Deputy Editor of SELF , and before that she helped earn Cosmopolitan its first-ever national mag...
Dr. Joe Zundell received his PhD in cancer biology through the University of the Sciences and The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, PA. As a cancer biologist he has over 10 years of cancer research experience. Much of his published research has focused on finding new therapies for the treatment of many different cancer types upon epigenetic and metabolic characteristics of cancers. Currently, he is a Research Scientist at a biotherapeutic company near Philadelphia where he is examining Immunothe...
