Peter Attia· MD
the the simple idea of I'm just going to tell you how much protein you're eating and I'm going to measure the nitrogen in that's coming out in your urea that's that's just not going to cut it that's just too simple
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
the the simple idea of I'm just going to tell you how much protein you're eating and I'm going to measure the nitrogen in that's coming out in your urea that's that's just not going to cut it that's just too simple
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nitrogen balance underestimates the requirement is it's easier to measure the sum of the ends than the sum of the outs yeah exactly and and the chances are you're significantly underestimating the outlets yeah