Eric Topol

So every one of these things, the peptide craze, the protein craze, all these things are unsubstantiated and potentially dangerous.

Yeah, so the protein thing, just to take that quickly, there are advocates like Peter Attia to take much higher than recommended protein daily consumption.

For example, one gram per pound daily.

which is about three times what the recommended allowance is.

And you could make a case that maybe you should increase from what the recommended allowance is.

But that level of protein, people don't know that we can't store any protein in our body.

So it just goes right out.

Second, if you're taking all this extra protein, it doesn't come without other calories.

You know, we have obesity and overweight epidemic.

And why would you want to take unnecessary extra calories?

Next, there's the cost of all these protein powders and bars and all that.

And then finally, the thing that most people aren't aware, that extra protein, especially if it's coming from animal sources, that is a problem.

Red meat, for example, that is pro-inflammatory.

We don't want that.

So this is dangerous and also unsubstantiated.

There are no data to support this protein craze.

Yeah, I mean, the keto diet, that has some utility in certain rare examples like to manage epilepsy, potentially certain cancer treatments.

But overall, the keto diet faded because it has risks that were not adequately taken into account.

Protein, I think, is going to slide down eventually when people get it.

You know, this is really interesting, Manoush, because I reviewed all the data, which there basically are no data.