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So in theory what would happen if a 130lb person ate bw x 20 ( good size surplus)...2600 in nothing but protein?There have been studies showing that taking a control group with isocaloric diet….vs the test group, who ate in a caloric surplus, in which the caloric surplus came solely from adding excess protein.
The result was more lean body mass and little to no fat gain.
idk if people still believe this, but the old myth was “excess protein will be stored as fat”
It’s damn near impossible for your body to convert protein to fat. You would have to be in an excess of protein to first convert protein to glucose via gluconeogenesis, then you would have to be in excess of glucose which would then be converted to fat via hepatic lipogenesis.
Both of these steps are very metabolically energy demanding.
What actually happens is that the excess fat and carbs from over eating is stored.
It would take a study of a smaller individual like a 130lb woman eating 2,500-3,000 calories of whey, tuna, 99% fat free meat, to see where the threshold is of all those steps. So 650g protein would do the trick.
The gut could never survive that lol.
They should gain weight very fast. Would it be pure muscle or muscle and fat? Or would they not gain as much weight if the same 2600 was isocalotic?
Assume this person has other things dialed in (intense training, AAS and gh, rest sleep etc).