Dr. Luc (Luke) van Loon

And so it's also on the other side.

I think you can adapt to a high protein intake even if you don't need it.

Is it a healthy thing?

We don't know.

Do you increase the turnover rates of other tissues?

We don't know.

And if the turnover is increased, is that a good thing?

Is that a bad thing?

They're not building muscle, but they're maintaining in a nitrogen balance.

If they're losing muscle, they're not in balance.

But again, then we're talking about muscle.

Yeah.

And with the nitrogen balance, you measure on the whole body level.

And that's one of the reasons why you can't translate the protein requirements directly to what is happening in the muscle.

The muscle just enjoys when it gets more protein.

It's much more modulated.

I mean, if you would actually increase your liver or your organs by a higher protein intake, we would probably have a health issue.

Yeah.

So if you give young, healthy people about 20 grams of a high-quality protein, you see a maximal stimulation of muscle protein synthesis.

giving 40 grams did not result in a greater muscle protein synthesis.