Examining widely held propositions on human dietary protein needs and benefits: a critical review of the science that shapes both the data and our understanding of an essential macronutrient
" In most instances, the experts believed additional research was warranted. For many propositions the research base was insufficient in terms of quality (rigor), quantity (sample size, study duration), or pertinence (e.g., use of surrogate markers).
Authors
- Nicholas A. Burd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5581-3154)
- Hans H Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-661X)
- Samuel Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7127-1156)
- Sally Aaron
- Stuart M. Phillips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1956-4098)
- John W. Erdman
- Steven N. Austad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-8442)
- Teresa A. Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4610-9795)
- Wantanee Kriengsinyos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8262-5095)
- S. A. Simpson
- Stefan M. Pasiakos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5378-5820)
- Wendy Reinhardt
- Donald K. Layman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5648-1876)
- Kristen Hicks-Roof
- Mark Cope
- M. M. Kanter
- Miguel Freitas
- David Raubenheimer
- Andrew W. Brown
- Heather J. Leidy
- Shalene McNeill
- Richard D. Mattes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4186-9883)
- Connie M. Weaver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5450-9609)
- Kevin C. Maki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5147-5469)
- Wayne W. Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7847-7242)
- Dudley W. Lamming
- Luc J.C. van Loon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-9231)
- Nancy R. Rodriguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5243-938X)
- Daniel R. Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5865-4398)
- David B. Allison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3566-9399)
Institutions
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Illinois Department of Public Health (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- International Food Policy Research Institute (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- San Diego State University (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Unité de Nutrition Humaine (FR)
- Midwest University (US)
- National Pork Board (US)
- Danone (Netherlands) (NL)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Center for Advancing Health (US)
- Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) (BE)
- Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Shakhty Scientific Research and Design Coal Institute (RU)
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association (US)
- Cell Biologics (United States) (US)
- US Biologic (United States) (US)
- UConn Health (US)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2026.2658728
- Primary Topic
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- American Federation for Aging Research
- National Pork Board
- California Dairy Research Foundation
- National Dairy Council
- Danone North America