10-19-2018, 12:54 PM
The industry has an incentive to load you with protein. If they could, they would come up with a study saying that you need 1 kilo of the stuff.
It is also worth mentioning that there is a relation between the total caloric intake and protein. If your overall calories are enough or high, you need less protein as the extra calories from the fats and carbs have a protein sparing effect - since the body is supplied with enough calories, it does not have to convert the protein it receives into energy.
However, if you drop your calories real low, you would benefit from extra protein. This is the principle behind the protein fasting diets which demand a very high consumption of protein.
In general, I would say that anything over 100 grams (that's generous) is not needed for the average lifter.
It is also worth mentioning that there is a relation between the total caloric intake and protein. If your overall calories are enough or high, you need less protein as the extra calories from the fats and carbs have a protein sparing effect - since the body is supplied with enough calories, it does not have to convert the protein it receives into energy.
However, if you drop your calories real low, you would benefit from extra protein. This is the principle behind the protein fasting diets which demand a very high consumption of protein.
In general, I would say that anything over 100 grams (that's generous) is not needed for the average lifter.