Peter Attia· MD
Why the protein RDA may be inadequate for most people and how to think about optimal intake
Loading…
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Why the protein RDA may be inadequate for most people and how to think about optimal intake
Every Sunday: the week’s new conflicts and verdict changes — and nothing else.
Native comments, Twitter mentions, and Reddit threads about this claim — surfaced together so the conversation isn't fragmented across platforms.
Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
Would love a "what would change this verdict" RSS feed. Sign me up if it exists.
the RDA is a recommended dietary allowance so it's some people think it's daily but it's a dietary allowance so it's sort of a generic number and the argument is that for all rdas uh we sort of test a population and come up with an average number and then for a safety Factor which average would be 50% would be deficient and so we add a safety factor of two standard deviations which supposedly 97.5% of the people would be adequate to prevent any any signs of inadequacy at that point but that also means 2.5% of the people are actually deficient at that point so that that's sort of the definition