Dominic D'Agostino

Me, for example, would be upwards of, I'm about 220 pounds.

So that would be, I know it sounds crazy, but from the average RD, registered dietitian, but 220 grams of protein.

So that would be the upper end if I'm very active.

And I mean, today, maybe I won't get that or when I'm traveling.

But that amount of protein, I think, is the upper end.

I don't think there's any benefits to go above and beyond that.

Everybody's a unique metabolic entity, so they're going to have a different response.

But for me personally, especially having eaten 400 or 500 grams of protein, I'm not exaggerating there.

When I was in my late teens and 20s, that works for me.

That level of protein works for me.

For some people, especially if they're going to jump from 50 grams a day or the RDA recommendations, and you want to do that to ideal body weight.

Yeah.

No.

No, not in my context.

No, definitely not.

The more muscle you have, they just have much higher protein turnover.

So you're breaking down protein, building protein.

That whole cascade is amped up probably several times higher, especially if you're working out and breaking down protein and you have a fast metabolism.

My recent resting metabolic rate showed it was 34% higher.

I'd have to do further studies, but they wanted to redo it.