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Dr. Eric Topol

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Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

There's no data to support that.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

I've scoured all the literature.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And the most you could get to if you're getting older and you want to increase your protein, you're worried about muscle mass, you know, you would go to, let's say, 1.2 per kilogram, 1.4.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

grams of protein per kilogram.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

So this is half of that one gram per pound approximately.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

But what you see are data that we get to this crazy recommendation by some people without data

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

that you should take that much protein per day.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

First of all, it's very hard to do that.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

But more importantly, the data all suggests that it could be harmful.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

So I really advise against that.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And if people are gonna say, I wanna have one gram protein per day, they better provide the data

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

to back it up.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And I don't see any.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And that's, we're talking about, you know, some of these people that are really working out heavy for muscle training and strength training.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

They're very keen on this, but there's no data to support it.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

That's really true.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And getting 25 to 30 grams of fiber a day is challenging.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

You got to go after it.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

But that is the recommendation.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And it does help.