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.
I know some people will say, well, I don't want to stimulate mTOR because that's going to make me die early. And I think, one of the things to keep in mind is if you look at-- there's kind of this thought process out there that if you're stimulating mTOR, that protein is going to make you die early. And first off, we have very little human outcome data to support that claim.
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how compelling do you find the data that high protein diets reduce longevity uh there are many proponents of this view out there um often I suppose within the plant-based Community although again I don't think those are necessarily an overlap although that just seems to be where I notice most of the lower protein is better um rhetoric but but how do you assess the strength of that claim very low um I think it's going to depend on species and that's important because it leads to the extrapolation uh issue if you're a butterfly I think it probably does reduce lifespan and I think a higher carbohydrate diet may increase lifespan more if you're a butterfly if you're a mouse and you know we do have some butterfly listeners of this podcast but I'll be honest with you we've our efforts to increase butterfly listenership have largely been uh I I would just say they've been less successful than I would have enjoyed we we'll keep working on that but I think in humans there's no compelling in my view no comp ing evidence I I would even say there's some evidence and reasons to believe the contrary
Neither of these claims are supported by evidence.