ProteinScore logoProteinScore
The Optimal Protein Podcast cover art
The Optimal Protein Podcast

Why Fat Loss Stalls Despite High Protein: Protein That Actually Counts - Dr. Paul Moughan Recap

New

13 Feb 2026 · 42 min

Protein intakeMuscle growthNutrition basics

Play this episode

About this episode

Start of episode recap is at 13.41 In today's Friday solocast, Vanessa Spina breaks down the biggest takeaways from her interview with Dr. Paul Moughan—one of the world's leading experts on protein quality, amino acid digestibility, and how much of the protein you eat actually becomes usable by the body. If you've ever wondered why fat loss stalls in a deficit, why muscle can drop even when you "hit your protein," or why metabolic rate seems to slow during dieting—this episode explores a rarely

Listen anywhere

Open this episode’s page
← More from The Optimal Protein Podcast