Dr. Rhonda Patrick

So let's talk a little bit about that study since you brought it up because it was surprising to many people.

Maybe you can talk a little bit about the difference in terms of the quantity.

It was like 100 grams of protein versus what has previously been shown, maybe 30, I think, grams of protein was something that's been shown in terms of maximizing.

Now, this was muscle protein synthesis that you were looking at?

Unless it's your last meal of the evening.

Good point.

So the question then is, if it's your last meal in the evening and, you know, let's say you've already distributed your protein intake fairly decently in your first two meals.

Some people will talk about a minute time-restricted eating and caloric restriction.

And let's say you want to go a little higher for your, maybe not all the way to 100 grams, but, you know, 60, whatever.

Then...

Would you, if you speculate on this, and there's two parts to this question, would you think that the increase in muscle protein synthesis would be higher if you had ingested 60 grams of protein in that last meal versus 25 throughout the evening?

Like we're talking like 12, 20 hours.

And also, what if you then wake up in the morning and then you have again your first meal, right?

Is that going to change the muscle protein synthesis or are you better off having that meal higher?

Are you really maximizing it?

What about people, so time-restricted eating, you mentioned a lot of people do practice time-restricted eating and they're eating in an eight-hour window and they're fasting for 16 hours.

And you've done some research in this area as well.

So eating that large protein bolus with your last meal,

You know, what if it's earlier and it's not like right before sleep because you have your feeding window, your eating window, and then you have your fasting window?

Do you think based on your study with the 100 grams of protein, really extreme case, that that protein will be digested longer and incorporated into muscle for muscle protein synthesis?