Rhonda Patrick

So then there you have it.

I mean, that's a lot of the controversy around protein being bad for you and activating mTORs coming from that study.

And then there's countless studies on cancer increasing with IGF-1 and mTOR.

And again, same deal where IGF-1 exercise is causing IGF-1 to go into the brain, to go into muscle.

Okay.

There's like 500 molecules.

Yeah.

Right.

There's so many things going on for sure that is beneficial with exercise.

And just kind of bring it back to the protein.

I think that they go hand in hand.

We're talking about being optimal, increasing our health span, increasing our lifespan, having a good quality of life.

Then you're talking about having a higher protein intake to support your physical activity, period.

athletes.

They're some of the longest-lived individuals on the planet.

We talked about this in our last podcast.

Olympic athletes live on average five years longer than the gen population.

Same goes with a lot of these athletes playing these indoor team sports.

And there are several studies out there looking at elite athletes, including people in the NBA, Major League Baseball, a lot of these big professional sports leagues.

They're taking in at least two grams per kilogram of protein per day.