Deleted and reposted because I kept wanting to add things I forgot lol.
I said "to get the same or similar results" as the HP group.
The LP group went from an average of 13.2% body fat to 12.5%, while also gaining 1.3lbs of lean mass. For a 134lb female at 5'5" in just 8 weeks from doing strength training on an LP diet, that is a pretty impressive feat. And I'll say it again, the strength stayed the same across both the LP and HP group. That means that you can still get the same bodybuilding results on a LP diet as a HP diet, it's just a matter of time and effort. When it comes to proper weight loss or bodybuilding, it's always safer to take a more slow and gradual, than to elicit a sudden and rapid change with a huge amount of protein like that. It's not sustainable for a long-period of time, you physically cannot maintain that degree of muscle mass with a chronically high protein intake without the risk of increased chance of endocrine cancers, gastrointestinal cancer, CVD or kidney stones.
In TC's case, he is 140lbs and already somewhat accustomed to fitness, and he is trying to build muscle and burn a tiny bit of fat as well. Based on that study, if you apply it to a male subject that generally has a faster set of metabolic factors, the LP diet is the perfect diet that will allow him to slowly make progress in the short-term while being able to sustain those changes long-term without drastic changes. What took 8 weeks for a 134lb female might take TC just 6 weeks, and that's still just on a LP diet.
Eating a HP diet is not a shortcut to automatically getting a better body, especially when most sedentary people are already eating more protein than they already need, and we have those people on high protein diets that want to start getting fit take in even more protein. The obsession that the general population has with protein, including several posters ITT, is ridiculous. It goes directly against basic common sense and sports nutrition in general. Protein has the weakest energy output of energy among the three macros, the body has no way to store the excess, and the excess will just end up being converted into carbohydrate anyways. You may as well just do your body a huge favor and skip that metabolic process and just eat more complex carbs, because it does you more good in the long run. None of those expensive protein powers have the pletora of healthful benefits that complex carbs like fruit or beans or quinoa do.
Most protein powders contain creatine though which increases your muscles ability to store energy and thus increase size + output please stop being wrong