Dr. Layne Norton
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It's like I saw something the other day of like,
I'm going to come back to your protein question.
But I saw something where it was like, don't take whey protein because it has NUE5GC and that's going to increase your inflammation.
Okay.
Does whey protein have NUE5GC?
Maybe, I guess.
Maybe.
Sure.
Possible.
Is there a pathway where NUE5GC increases inflammation?
Sure.
Sure.
But what happens when we actually give people whey protein in randomized control trials?
Oh wait, it's either a neutral or positive effect on inflammation.
So just because a pathway exists doesn't mean there's an outcome for it, right?
But if there's an outcome, a pathway absolutely exists.
But when you're dealing with outcomes, you're dealing with the summation of multiple, dozens, hundreds, maybe even thousands of biological pathways all summing up to that particular outcome.
And so sure,
I like to use this example of aspirin.
We know aspirin's an anticoagulant, but it also activates procoagulant pathways as well.