How much protein do you actually need for muscle growth? @strongerbyscience
How much protein do you actually need for muscle growth?  @strongerbyscience
Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
This clip is from Episode 102 of the Stronger By Science podcast. You can watch the full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=sypxf34JeQk

*TIME STAMPS*

0:00 Intro

0:17 What are the most important dietary metrics to track and manipulate for a hypertrophy-oriented diet?

3:40 New meta-analysis by Nunes et al
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcsm.12922

11:26 The 2018 meta-analysis by Morton and colleagues
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28698222

17:23 What if we only look at values above 1.2 g/kg/day?

19:03 A note on “leave-one-out” analyses and cherry-picking

26:16 What if we only look at values above 1.24 g/kg/day?

29:29 Summary and conclusions

35:47 Practical applications
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How much protein do you actually need for muscle growth?

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