How much protein do you REALLY need? Isn't 1.5g/lb a little excessive?
How much protein do you REALLY need? Isn't 1.5g/lb a little excessive?
Oliver Diaz
William Reyes
I’ve usually heard 1g/lb.
Benjamin Ward
I eat 1 lb/ 1 lb
Julian Kelly
1g per kg of lean body weight
Caleb Torres
You only need enough protein to put you into a Positive Nitrogen balance. If you are in a negative nitrogen balance you cant grow muscle. So you need enough free protein flowing around in your body to get muscle growth.
You can use a simple urine test strip to check and see if your getting enough protein from your normal diet. If your negative you need to eat more protein. If your super far in the positive lay off the protein shakes.
Bentley Wright
link2study?
Robert King
Doesn’t NO play an effect in creating a positive protein nitrogen balance?
Theoretically I could eat some beets or l-citrulline and throw myself into a positive nitrogen state.
Thomas Turner
Just search around looking for stuff about Nitrogen Balance and muscle gain
mac-nutrition.com
Luis Reyes
it's 1 cow per kg
Justin Anderson
yeah most people will be fine doing 0.8g - 1g/lb to make gains
Charles Long
You need 1.6-2.2 grams per kg of lean body mass. It never hurts to go above your protein so always aim for 2.2 grams per kg
Levi Carter
2g per kg, it's .8-1g per lb.
Cameron Russell
With the test strips you can check to see if your getting enough say weekly from your normal diet and if you need to take more protein you will know.
Easton Foster
What is the test strip called?
Jayden Bell
if you're lifting, you can do 2g per kg and it wont go to waste
Chase Hernandez
why do i need caloric surplus if im eating 1g protein per lb of bodyweight? im skinny fat and want to build muscle and not gain body fat, so ive just been hitting my protein requirement while eating at a caloric deficit
im making gains though
Jaxson Butler
I get these ones on Amazon. It test for 10 things but protein is one of them.
Urine Test Strips Mission 10 Parameter Urinalysis
Austin Harris
some guy on youtube said even 1g per lb is already a little overkill
Zachary Ward
interesting, thanks user
Joseph Foster
It’s 0.82g/lbs at most.
mennohenselmans.com
Carson Cox
1,8g for every kg of bodyweight while putting on muscle, 2,2g per kg bodyweight while cutting.
Henry Brown
You need to be training super hard for at least 2 hours a day to need that much protein. The surplus get oxidized.