Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Protein intake for endurance athletes
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Protein intake for endurance athletes
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you see better recovery from exercise with more protein and endurance athletes up to about that 1.6 grams per kilogram I think I saw one study was like up to 1.8 saw benefit as well but when do you get to the point of where practically now because you're consuming more protein you're consuming less carbohydrates and fats which are fueling your extracise and so do performance start to drop off because of that