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The advantage of protein is that you can build tissue, and also turn it into glucose/fat. You can't build protein out of carbs or fat though. In case of doubt,
by Uberphallus 8y ago
The advantage of protein is that you can build tissue, and also turn it into glucose/fat. You can't build protein out of carbs or fat though. In case of doubt, more protein is the safe option. But I agree more often than not there's no actual doubt.
- arghwhat 8y agoWell, if you're unable to produce all the protein needed for all ongoing tissue building, you have a deficiency. Anything more than that will just be metabolized. And, well, you're very unlikely to be under that limit.