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Where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing

healthy weight.

Many times we have this idea that we just need to increase more protein to build our muscles

because after all muscles are made out of protein, right?

But then when a lot of people do this, it doesn't always work.

So in fact, there's actually a paradox involved here.

Some people that eat more protein might even suffer from an individual amino acid deficiency.

So whether you're trying to prevent muscle loss as you're getting older, that's called

sarcopenia, or whether you're trying to increase more muscle, I want to talk about

some other factors that are not related directly to protein consumption.

Even though you do need sufficient protein consumption to build muscles, but more than

that, you need sufficient amount of amino acids.

Now, when you look up the minimum amount of protein you need, there's a lot of conflicting

information out there.

But the general consensus is you need 0.8 grams per kilogram of lean body weight.

Not your overall weight.

So let's say for example, you weigh like 400 pounds and you have a lot of extra fat.

It doesn't mean you should start massively increasing your protein.

You should calculate that based on your lean body mass.

So 0.8 grams per kilogram of lean body mass is kind of like on the low end.

That's like the minimum amount.

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