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.
Now, many folks, Don Layman and others, um, have argued that the RDA is is insufficient if you're actually trying to optimize health and if you're actually in pursuit of another agenda, which might be avoiding sarcopenia later in life, achieving um your peak in physical performance, right?
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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As the RDA is set to prevent deficiency rather than optimizing for long-term muscle we need as we age.