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Should We All Be Eating Like The Rock?
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.75-.8g/lb is likely the upper limit for humans in terms of necessity and lower values are likely fine for most individuals. 50g/day is perhaps on the low side, but not unreasonable for a 2000kcal/day person who's not trying to gain muscle. With that being said, having more protein in the diet is almost never a bad thing (it's pretty much impossible to hit a problematic level without seriously supplementing) whereas excessive fat or carbs are much more likely to cause problems.
This was a very nice article, both an enjoyable read and informative. Kept the study about endurance athletes on a deficit for later, since I recently went about losing a few kg in exactly the manner they tested.
Thanks for pointing that out. Yes, I don't think its unreasonable either, but haven't even actually tested it on myself.