#369 ‒ Rethinking protein needs for performance, muscle preservation, and longevity, and the mental and physical benefits of creatine supplementation and sauna use | Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

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Her work focuses on the intersection of nutrition, aging, and disease prevention, and she is widely recognized for bringing clarity to complex topics in health science. This is part two of a deep dive on protein, but we expand into other topics like creatine supplementation and sauna use. In this episode, we discuss why the RDA for protein is too low and why a new minimum at at least 50% more than the RDA is needed to avoid negative protein balance. The distinction between minimum, optimal, and high protein intake, and how activity level and aging can affect requirements anabolic resistance, what it is, why inactivity drives it, and how resistance training restores sensitivity, the role of protein in preventing frailty and sarcopenia, and the quality of life implications in aging, evidence on protein intake during pregnancy, adolescence, weight loss,

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