Rhonda Patrick

So let me go back to this isotope tracer studies.

Sounds good.

Multiple of these papers have shown that really going up to more like 1.2 grams per kilogram body weight per day is what is needed to prevent people, us, adults, from being in this negative protein balance.

That's quite a bit more than the 0.8 grams.

Right.

It's 50% more.

So like most of the studies done, isotope tracer studies are between 30 to 50% more.

So that's really important because if we look at the actual protein intakes of adults, these are nutritional surveys that are done.

Of course, they're all flawed.

We can talk about it.

I mean, we all know the flaws of questionnaires, but let's just talk about what we think people are actually taking in.

Adults are mostly taking in, all adults are taking in about 0.9 grams per kilogram body weight per day of protein.

So pretty close to what that RDA is, not what it should be.

Older adults, if we look at the gender, male versus female, males are taking in about 0.9 grams per kilogram body weight.

Females are taking in 0.8.

They're really just hitting that, what we call RDA, which now we have established is not enough.

The RDA is not enough to basically be in a net protein balance.

So that's really important.

And that's essentially telling us that most adults are walking around without being in steady state protein balance.

Right.