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Dec 2021
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PROTEIN SERIES: How Much Protein To Eat ...

VANESSA SPINA
About this episode

Hi friends! This episode is all about how much protein to eat to get lean compared to the RDA, is the amount needed related to weight or age, exploring the thermic effect of protein, muscle protein breakdown rates as we are younger and as we grow older and more! 

This episode is part of the special Protein Series we are featuring with some of the TOP experts in the world on protein!

Study mentioned in this episode:

Dietary leucine requirement of older men and women is higher than current recommendations: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33330915/

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