One of the things that I'm particularly intrigued by, which kind of dovetails into both of those

subjects of fat and muscle gain, is the subject of protein.

And because there's been so much said about protein.

You know, when I was growing up, they said you have to have protein right after you eat

your meal, you have to have this much protein, You have to have it before you eat your meal.

It doesn't matter when you have it. So I want to do a bit of myth busting on the subject of protein.

What are the biggest myths that people currently believe about protein consumption?

The biggest myth is that they have the hierarchy of importance all screwed up.

Like, everybody's worried about how much protein per meal you need to have for this or that goal.

When do you need to time protein relative to the training bout or waking or sleeping or all that stuff?

The main thing they need to be focused on is how much protein do they need to eat by the

end of the day?

Because when you hit that goal, you've basically won the whole game.

The relative placement, the distribution, and the doses of the protein, the timing of it.

Oh, man, it rarely matters. It rarely matters beyond getting that

protein in in a way that's comfortable and convenient for you and in such a way that you can stick to

in the long term. Some people are more like grazers. Some people are more like gorgers.

They're both fine, as long as you hit the total by the end of the day. So the hierarchy is,

of utmost importance, get your total daily protein. And then of secondary importance would be,

what is the distribution of the constituent doses of that protein total through the day?

And then a third importance down here is like when specifically are you supposed to time that

protein around the training bout?

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