Dr. Donald Layman

And so part of what we based them on is the research that we did.

We have firsthand knowledge of how these diets work, and we compared it to the old food guide pyramid.

We used that as our control, and we did it.

And as you just pointed out, and

In your new book, basically the diet is exactly how we planned it.

You decide on your calories, you target your protein first, then you go to your vegetables and fruit, and finally you decide on what grains you can tolerate.

And that's exactly how you plan it.

I always like to buffer that comment just a little bit, is that it's more important the older you get.

We don't... Define older.

Yeah.

When someone's young and growing, even into your 20s, up to around 30...

The meal distribution doesn't seem to make as much difference.

It's more about how much protein for a total day.

But as we get older, the body gets what we call anabolic resistance.

We're a little less efficient with protein, and we think the amount per meal becomes more important.

And our research shows that that first meal seems to be probably the most sensitive.

I would say that

The issues then become related to physical activity and overall health.

You know, if someone is pretty physically active, they're going to the gym three days a week, they're doing some resistance training, two meals a day that exceed 35 grams of protein is probably fine, probably doesn't matter.

The more stress they're under, if they're trying to lose weight or if they're taking a drug for weight loss, if they're bed fast, anything that puts them under stress, then I think that distribution becomes more and more important.