Peter Attia
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That's really the point is I know I'm training every single day.
Now, am I training like a madman?
No.
But seven days a week, I'm either doing some form of cardio or something in the gym.
So it's just, I know that I'm going to take steps backwards if I'm below 1.6.
So I'm going to overshoot so that my down day is 1.6.
And if my up day is 2.5 once in a while, who cares?
Because that gets to the next point.
Show me the data.
Show me the data that eating 2.5 grams of protein per kilogram per day is even remotely harmful.
I'm still waiting for it.
I'm still waiting for the data.
David Allison wrote a piece on LinkedIn recently where it was basically a call to anyone.
Just show me the data that meet these criteria.
Human clinical trial of this duration.
Nothing but crickets.
The most negative data I saw recently was a study that looked at total parenteral nutrition in ICU patients, where the question was, hey, should we be ramming high amounts of protein in these people?
And the most negative thing you could say is it had no benefit.
And that's interesting.
Yeah.