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You’d have a hard time finding any serious endurance athlete in 2025 who thinks protein doesn’t matter. Gone are the carb-centric days of pasta and Gatorade and nothing else. But figuring out how much protein runners, cyclists, and other endurance junkies actually need—and when they need it—remains a work in progress.
I’ve grappled with these questions a few times recently—in a piece busting some common protein myths, and in another discussing the idea of maximum protein intake. But now a new review paper in Sports Medicine, from a research team led by Oliver Witard of King’s College London, offers a comprehensive overview of the…