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Protein for Muscle and Metabolism: When and How much? | Donald Layman PhD

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The Importance of Protein in Muscle Growth

The next question would be, what are you filling in? You have to get calories. And that's important. Again, from a muscle perspective is 2.2 better than 1.8, likely it's not. If you're an adult who's down around 0.8, I think increasing your protein to 1.5 can actually put on lean body mass and probably muscle mass. So again, if you're low, adding more protein can quite beneficial.

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