I’m curious how consumption of free amino acids changes the calculus, for example, BCAA’s, glutamine, lysine, glycine. Meanwhile, Peter Attia is a strong advocate of exercise, and it’s worth looking at the actual dietary recommendations for avoiding sarcopenia, I think they’re about 10 grams up from typical daily protein requirements, but you can correct me. Anyway, increased exercise and compensation of the diet with a protein supplement (pea or soy protein) would meet published standards for avoiding sarcopenia, assuming a varied vegan diet containing legumes and grains and plant milks.
Of course, this can be a rabbit hole of “well, soy is a pseudo-estrogen”, “beans give me gas”, “I’m on a low fodmap, gluten-free diet to avoid leaky gut syndrome”, etc. Yeah, I get it.
Besides that, there’s also genetic individualities that determine different dietary requirements, differences in how a person metabolizes fats, and stage of life matters as in the case of children or the elderly.
If you’re dealing with diabetes-like blood sugar or insulin levels, there’s more concern about food sources that trigger rapid blood sugar changes, perhaps a high-protein diet helps there, or perhaps not.
Your gut micro-biome could be altered to improve your metabolism of foods and help you cope with a different diet, or improve your nutrient uptake from your current diet. Or not.
As far as your seeking good evidence, I think you need sources that offer more nuance and I hope you find them.
I’m curious how consumption of free amino acids changes the calculus, for example, BCAA’s, glutamine, lysine, glycine. Meanwhile, Peter Attia is a strong advocate of exercise, and it’s worth looking at the actual dietary recommendations for avoiding sarcopenia, I think they’re about 10 grams up from typical daily protein requirements, but you can correct me. Anyway, increased exercise and compensation of the diet with a protein supplement (pea or soy protein) would meet published standards for avoiding sarcopenia, assuming a varied vegan diet containing legumes and grains and plant milks.
Of course, this can be a rabbit hole of “well, soy is a pseudo-estrogen”, “beans give me gas”, “I’m on a low fodmap, gluten-free diet to avoid leaky gut syndrome”, etc. Yeah, I get it.
Besides that, there’s also genetic individualities that determine different dietary requirements, differences in how a person metabolizes fats, and stage of life matters as in the case of children or the elderly.
If you’re dealing with diabetes-like blood sugar or insulin levels, there’s more concern about food sources that trigger rapid blood sugar changes, perhaps a high-protein diet helps there, or perhaps not.
Your gut micro-biome could be altered to improve your metabolism of foods and help you cope with a different diet, or improve your nutrient uptake from your current diet. Or not.
As far as your seeking good evidence, I think you need sources that offer more nuance and I hope you find them.