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My point consistently been that protein needs are overestimated, not that there isn’t any benefit to greater protein consumption.

Will eating more protein help you build more muscle? The answer to that for the average person is almost certainly yes. Do you need to eat the “optimal” amount to build muscle? Certainly not.

Like everything else, protein consumption has to be weighed against the trade offs.

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It really feels like you’re talking past GP. GP does not appear to be saying that most people need to eat enormous amounts of protein in the pursuit of peak physique and performance. Simply that, for most people who aren’t already focused on high protein intake, increasing the share of protein relative to other macronutrients will likely correlate strongly with increased strength, athleticism, longevity, and looks. There’s no call to take this to extremes that I’ve seen.

Which seems to be mostly true from my research.

I find that with relatively low protein intake, simply because the tradeoff for me is money and desire, I'm definitely able to build muscle, but I also feel like it just goes away in other areas, and likely would be easier to work on multiple major muscle groups with a greater intake.

Not giving your muscle the proper amount of protein is just wasting your exercise effort. Why spend hours exercising, but cut your benefits?

My point consistently been that protein needs are overestimated

Peter Attia disagrees:

"The more I research this topic, the more I find that the RDA (recommended daily allowance) of 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight is simply not sufficient"

https://peterattiamd.com/category/nutritional-biochemistry/p...

The RDA is very rarely discussed anywhere online that I’ve seen, if at all.

While it is an official statistic, it isn’t representative of the average person’s idea of protein needs.

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