protein

“And also, you want to eat your carbs after you have protein, because that'll prevent your glucose from shooting up too high.”

“And they also did some studies looking at, well, what if you're physically active, right? You're causing damage to your muscle. You're using a lot of energy. I mean, lots of things going on. That number goes up to 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram body weight.”

“It turns out using new techniques that are more sensitive that in order to just prevent your body from like pulling from, you know, your skeletal muscle to get amino acids, the minimum amount of protein needed to take in is actually 1.2”