how much protein

[pipps]

I am looking at how much protein I need to put on some more muscle and what foods should be eaten my lean body weight is 80.17KGS and16% bf I just need some help to get this old body moving.

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[rajizi]

If your eating carbs, I'd take 1.5g of protein per lb of LBM. If your on a low carb diet...take 2.0g of protien per lb of LBM.

BR

[Statix]

my lifting partner works in the health care industry and knows lots of doctors...he been asking lots of questions pertaining to lifting and dieting lately and he happened to ask about how much protein one should consume...the doc told him that someone should not go on with 2 grams per pound of body weight for a very long time, it puts a strain on your kidneys...he said ideally you should shoot for about 1.25 grams per pound of body weight...that is the amount they put burn victims in the hospital on and they require large amounts of protein for recovery...just my two cents

[rajizi]

Originally posted by Statix
my lifting partner works in the health care industry and knows lots of doctors...he been asking lots of questions pertaining to lifting and dieting lately and he happened to ask about how much protein one should consume...the doc told him that someone should not go on with 2 grams per pound of body weight for a very long time, it puts a strain on your kidneys...he said ideally you should shoot for about 1.25 grams per pound of body weight...that is the amount they put burn victims in the hospital on and they require large amounts of protein for recovery...just my two cents

Thats intereting. Thanks for the info.

BR

[preist943]

Originally posted by Statix
my lifting partner works in the health care industry and knows lots of doctors...he been asking lots of questions pertaining to lifting and dieting lately and he happened to ask about how much protein one should consume...the doc told him that someone should not go on with 2 grams per pound of body weight for a very long time, it puts a strain on your kidneys...he said ideally you should shoot for about 1.25 grams per pound of body weight...that is the amount they put burn victims in the hospital on and they require large amounts of protein for recovery...just my two cents

i agree with the fact that high protein is hard on the kidneys and i myself try to get 1.5 but most docs and bbs dont agree on much do you know of any real studys on 2g and over protein intake?if so i would like to look into it as it would be good info to know

[bigkraut]

I use 1.5 g per pound as my baseline. I routinely go way above that. Big A would know what the pros take in. It's my understanding that the pros take in huge amounts of protein. Rarely does the medical community take into account that hard training athletes have greater nutritional needs than sedentary people.