QUESTION about protein study...
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:23 amok so in this study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22215165/
"Effect of dietary protein content on weight gain, energy expenditure, and body composition during overeating: a randomized controlled trial " (i imagine you are familiar with it)
basically, the "low protein" group gained significantly less weight than the "average" or "high" protein groups when eating the same amount of excess calories. HOWEVER, because the difference in weight gain was primarily due to an increase "lean body mass", many analyses have spun this to be a "good thing" for higher protein (as if the average and especially high protein groups walked out like bodybuilders, while the low protein group came out as weakling blobs).
However, since there was no exercising allowed during the trial, building muscle would have been basically impossible... so wouldn't this gain in "lean body mass" actually be due to an increase in like, organ size, and... tumors?
"Effect of dietary protein content on weight gain, energy expenditure, and body composition during overeating: a randomized controlled trial " (i imagine you are familiar with it)
basically, the "low protein" group gained significantly less weight than the "average" or "high" protein groups when eating the same amount of excess calories. HOWEVER, because the difference in weight gain was primarily due to an increase "lean body mass", many analyses have spun this to be a "good thing" for higher protein (as if the average and especially high protein groups walked out like bodybuilders, while the low protein group came out as weakling blobs).
However, since there was no exercising allowed during the trial, building muscle would have been basically impossible... so wouldn't this gain in "lean body mass" actually be due to an increase in like, organ size, and... tumors?