For sedentary individuals with unhealthy lifestyles, meeting minimal protein requirements is important, but excessive mTOR activation from high protein intake may not be beneficial.

“you know, maybe you don't need to be so obsessed. You definitely want to make sure you're at least getting the minimal amount of protein because you don't want to be in the deficit, but you know, you don't want to necessarily just be constantly activating mTor if you're just going to sit around and smoke and be overweight and not do anything with that protein, right?”