Episode 164 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "High Protein Diets: In Context" with Professor Kevin Tipton (The Institute of Performance Nutrition, UK).

Discussion Topics Include:

• Overview of High Protein Nutrition Research
• Science communication and translational issues: terms such as "hi / low protein"
• Potential contexts for high protein intake: Muscle hypertrophy, Hypoenergetic weight loss, Recovery from intense exercise, 
• Potential problems with high-protein diets
• Conclusions / Summary: Context Statement

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Key Paper(s) Discussed / Referred to:

• Efficacy and consequences of very-high-protein diets for athletes and exercisers

Related Podcast Episodes:

• #162 - Protein and Weight Loss in Exercisers & Athletes
• #153 - "Muscle Protein Synthesis and Response to Exercise & Nutrition" with Professor Kevin Tipton
• #150 - "Muscle Protein Breakdown in Response to Nutrition and Exercise" with Professor Kevin Tipton
• #129 - "Protein Quality and the Food Matrix" with Nick Burd PhD
•  #121 - "Protein and Endurance Athletes" with Dan Moore PhD
• #125 - "Protein Supplementation and Resistance Exercise Training" with Rob Morton PhD
•  #98 - 'Protein: An Update' with Professor Stu Phillips and Professor Kevin Tipton
•  #75 - 'Protein Overfeeding & Oversciencing' with Jose Antonio PhD
• #67 - 'Protein Ingestion Before Sleep & Muscle Mass' with Professor Luc van Loon
• #34 - 'Nutrient Priming & the Protein Synthetic Response' with D. Lee Hamilton PhD
•  #28 - 'Training and Nutrition To Maintain Muscle in Endurance Athletes' with Mike Ormsbee PhD
• Episode 24 - 'Muscle Anabolic Potential of Leucine' with Leigh Breen PhD

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