Peter Attia

But how many days were they below versus how many days were they above?

Let's just say it's an equal split.

But we've just established the shape of this curve

is like this.

So that means every day you're below, the downside is much greater than the upside of being above.

In other words, all the days you're above are not making up for all the days you're below.

So what I'd really like to do is shift the range so that your low day is 1.6 and your high day is maybe 2.2.

And then guess what?

You don't have days where you are ever, ever amino acid restricted.

And this is the difference between people who take care of people in the real world and bozos who write on Substack who don't know the first thing about clinical medicine when it comes to managing athletes and people who have to fend for themselves every day with every meal.

And this is why I'm so tired of talking about this.

but I feel we need to talk about it.

If you're sitting there listening to this and you're confused and you're asking, oh my God, should I be eating two grams per day?

Yeah, more or less.

And that way, if you fall short at 1.6, you can be confident that you're okay.

But if you're aiming at 1.6 and you have a bad day and you will, when you hit 1.2, you might be taking a step backwards and you won't make up for it the next day.

I am not.

This is the thing.

People look at me like I'm a protein eating machine, which first of all, I'm not.

But secondly, I have a hard time hitting my goals too.