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You're confusing requirements vs thriving. Yeah humans can essentially starve themselves for months and survive, that doesn't mean it's optimal.
by DrThunder 3y ago
You're confusing requirements vs thriving. Yeah humans can essentially starve themselves for months and survive, that doesn't mean it's optimal.
- 0daystock 3y agoYou miss the point: reducing protein intake to the small required amount is what is optimal for health.
- Kirby64 3y agoExcept, low protein intake is correlated to problems in elder age. As you get older, you need more protein to support muscles from atrophying (explicitly a point the main article discusses). Muscle weakness and atrophy is a huge problem for elderly, and leads to numerous health risks, quality of life problems, etc. Stronger older individuals are better at caring for themselves, much more likely to survive accidents such as falls, and generally going to be more mobile.