The data linking high protein intake in individuals under 50 to increased mortality is not convincing and may be attributable to confounders.

“these are telling us about the narrative it's that in people over 65 most likely high protein began to associate with healthy behaviors people over 65 realized hey i've got osteoporosis i want to keep my muscles and the people who when they were younger were trying to be vegetarians or vegans or limit their protein realized i got to eat some darn meat and the people who were eating meat were the people who had healthy behaviors and it was associated with reduced cancer over on mortality”

“I don't find the data for people below 50 having an increase in mortality with high protein being at all convincing I think that I think that is easily attributed to caloric excess as opposed to protein excess and I think that there are enough other confounders there that it's really a proxy for poor health than it is a proxy for high protein”

“I don't find the data for people below 50 having an increase in mortality with high protein being at all convincing I think that is easily attributed to caloric excess as opposed to protein excess and I think that there are enough other confounders there that it's really a proxy for poor health than it is a proxy for high protein”