Erin Allman-Updike

So that would be like 220 pounds.

Okay.

Wow.

Pulled that out.

The current dietary reference intakes, which is separate from these DGAs, but that's getting into semantics.

The recommendation is a goal of 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight.

So this is up to double, like up to doubling what the recommended target protein intake is.

And the current evidence is that the vast majority of Americans, with some exceptions for maybe older adults,

are getting about one gram per kilogram of protein.

We're already meeting what the previous goals are.

We are not deficient in protein whatsoever.

What would protein deficiency look like?

So protein deficiency can result in like muscle wasting and things like that, for sure.

And it's like a very real...

if you didn't have access to protein.

And there's some data that in like older Americans, especially like over 70, 75, that having a protein deficit is associated with increased frailty and, you know, that's a fall risk and things like that.

But that's only in a subset of older Americans.

The vast majority of everyone else is

is getting plenty of protein to support our daily needs and to support our bodily functions.

The evidence that they cite, that they present in these guidelines to actually support this idea that we need more protein, are a few studies, some of which show that with a high protein diet, people have more weight loss.