Peter Attia
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That's an interesting point.
Yep.
Yeah.
I mean, I'd like to talk about harm down the line as we get further up the chain, because we've now just, I like the way we're talking about this, where we're going from sort of the 0.8 up to 1.2.
And now let's talk about going from 1.2 to 1.6 and 1.6 to two.
And as you continue this
journey, let's say you look at the data of which there are some studies looking at three grams per kilogram per day, which I think anybody who looks at the data would argue you're not really getting a benefit at three grams per day that you aren't getting at two grams per day.
The curve is saturating.
You're hitting an asymptote of muscle protein synthesis at that point.
So there may be other reasons a person would choose to consume that much protein, satiety and things of that nature.
But from a purely anabolic reason, under normal conditions,
Let's leave bodybuilding out of it.
You're sort of hit the saturation curve, but can't seem to find the evidence that is causing any harm.
This is experimental evidence, even epidemiologic evidence, just no evidence.
But that said, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Let's go back to, we've established a new floor.
There is nobody that should be consuming less than 1.2 grams of protein per kilogram per day.
What happens as we start to increase that from 1.2 to 1.6?
I was going to say that is bigger than I would expect, especially on the strength side.
Yeah, but the curve is slowing down.