Rhonda Patrick

Some people do.

Now, let's say you're someone that's obsessed with banking muscle mass.

You're going to care about that.

Let's say you're a high level athlete.

definitely going to have to go above 1.6.

That's when you get into the more 2, 2.2 grams per kilogram body weight.

So people that are doing a high level of training, whether that's endurance or strength training, resistance training, because endurance athletes, I mean, you are battling being catabolic.

I think the evidence for more optimal, you're talking about 1.6 grams per kilogram body weight, you can get marginal benefits above that.

up to like two, 2.2 grams per kilogram body weight.

But again, that's people that are really training.

Agreed.

I love that analogy.

I think it's perfect because I do think most people that are training probably are getting a great amount of benefit from 1.6 grams per kilogram body weight.

But that doesn't mean you can't go above that and still get a little more benefit.

Certainly, when you start to get into that energy deficit phase as well, so we were talking about elite endurance athletes, that's one way to be in an energy deficit.

But there's also people

that are actively trying to lose fat, gain muscle.

If you want to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time, you're going to have to take in a lot of protein.

I can just tell you from personal experience, it's actually smarter to aim higher because I'm constantly not meeting the 1.6.

Right.