158: Can Excess Protein Calories Make You Leaner?

Some people say a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. While still others say that protein calories are less of a concern for getting fat when consumed in excess. Today’s research study provides participants with excess calories from protein and fat as sees what happen over 4 weeks. Review of this study leads to the second half of the episode being a brief discussion on what makes for a meaningful comparison of protein intakes in a study. John always reviews the full text of every article, but to see the abstract of the study discussed, click here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24899158 If you enjoy this podcast you’ll love the MUSCLE Detailz tribe – more info at http://appliedmusclescience.com/detailz
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