Peter Attia· MD
So I think that is some evidence to sort of support what you were saying in that if you just increase your protein intake >> to minimum yeah by 50% to this minimum what the RDA should be 1.2 gram per kilogram body weight per day.
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So I think that is some evidence to sort of support what you were saying in that if you just increase your protein intake >> to minimum yeah by 50% to this minimum what the RDA should be 1.2 gram per kilogram body weight per day.
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I think that even going back to this RDA being too low, it's just so important. It's so important because people are out there thinking they're getting enough protein, older adults, younger adults. It's really more important with older adults. You have a little bit of wiggle room when you're younger, right? But I mean, and then on top of that, first of all, it's not enough protein. And then this anabolic resistance is setting in and most people are not being active. They're not engaging in resistance training. So there's all these compounding factors that's really just digging into their muscle.
I think that's pretty much what most all the experts agree is that like it's time to change that RDA to that number, right? The minimal amount that you need per day. If we just do if older adults just do that, they're they're actually preventing a lot of the age related loss in muscle that occurs.
when older adults take in 1.2 two grams per kilogram body weight per day of protein. It it nearly eliminates um some of the age related muscle loss that happens.
When older adults take in 1.2 grams per kilogram body weight per day of protein, it it nearly eliminates um some of the age- related muscle loss that happens.
older adults consuming at least 1.2 grams of protein per kilogram body weight per day prevented age related losses in lean mass when compared to consuming the RDA of 0.8 gr per kilogram body weight older women were also 30% less likely to experience Frailty when consuming protein above the RDA