Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Now, I know it probably depends a lot on what your goals are.

Are your goals to be an elite bodybuilder or are your goals to stave off muscle atrophy?

But it'd be nice to have, you know, what are some of the requirements for protein intake with people that are engaged in

frequent resistance training, also some aerobic conditioning, not elite athletes, just regular people that are committed to health.

And also, I hear a lot in the bodybuilding community that you should just eat one gram of protein per pound, which is 2.2 grams per kilogram body weight.

I'd love to know what your thoughts are on that as well.

What about people that are not in energy balance?

Let's say there are people that are undergoing energy restriction to change body composition.

Do protein requirements... Is it beneficial to change protein requirements and perhaps increase them in that specific condition?

How does resistance training and training in general change the way the muscle responds to amino acids?

Okay, so is that kind of why you were saying when you, let's say you're training and then you increase your protein intake to 1.6 to 1.8, let's say you're going higher and you're doing that for a while and your body adapts to that.

When you say they adapt, like, for example, with respect to the extreme, like, low-protein diet level, I mean, they adapt, but, you know, they're not building muscle.

Is that correct?

Until they get older, and then it's harder to stay in the balance if you're not getting enough protein?

Well, what about, you've done some research on anabolic resistance, and maybe you can explain to people what anabolic resistance is and how that is relevant in terms of protein intake for older adults.

Okay, so if I'm understanding correctly, most of the anabolic resistance with older age is attenuated with physical activity, resistance training, just being physically active?

Well, that's pretty incredible because...

You're right.

A lot of people do, as they get older, they do become less physically active.

Certainly people that aren't necessarily focused on their exercise, right?