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Dr. Donald Layman is one of the world’s foremost authorities on dietary protein and amino acids. He is known for his extensive research on muscle development as well as his studies of metabolic regulation for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
He spent 31 years at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign before stepping away in 2012. His research has focused on the impact of diet and exercise on health problems related to obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. He conducted clinical trials for nearly two decades that helped create a new understanding about how to optimize people’s macronutrient balance and metabolism.
Today he works as Director of Research for the American Egg Board and is a nutrition consultant for the National Dairy Council and The National Cattlemen's Beef Association. He also is the Chief Science Officer for Qivana, a natural products marketing company that promotes the weight-loss program that Don developed in his lab at the University of Illinois.
Full shownotes: ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-157
Dr. Donald Layman is one of the world’s foremost authorities on dietary protein and amino acids. He is known for his extensive research on muscle development as well as his studies of metabolic regulation for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
He spent 31 years at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign before stepping away in 2012. His research has focused on the impact of diet and exercise on health problems related to obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. He conducted clinical trials for nearly two decades that helped create a new understanding about how to optimize people’s macronutrient balance and metabolism.
Today he works as Director of Research for the American Egg Board and is a nutrition consultant for the National Dairy Council and The National Cattlemen's Beef Association. He also is the Chief Science Officer for Qivana, a natural products marketing company that promotes the weight-loss program that Don developed in his lab at the University of Illinois.
Full shownotes: ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-157
