While that is true, there are many, many studies now that show beneficial effects to physical and neurological health and longevity from an intake that is higher than recommended in the 80s or 90s.
Dosage depends on the size of the person, there is no flat number. For people who lift with the intention of gaining muscle size, there’s is a positive trend of additional hypertrophy that starts to flatten out at around 1,6g/kg.
While that is true, there are many, many studies now that show beneficial effects to physical and neurological health and longevity from an intake that is higher than recommended in the 80s or 90s.
The recommended dose is about 200 grams per day. Any surplus is just discarded. The current protein everything fad is really crazy.
Not only is it discarded, it’s actually bad for the body to have to piss this out constantly.
If your pee is foamy, you’re eating way too much protein!!!
Dosage depends on the size of the person, there is no flat number. For people who lift with the intention of gaining muscle size, there’s is a positive trend of additional hypertrophy that starts to flatten out at around 1,6g/kg.