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Title: How Much Protein? Hi I train every two days, doing 3 exercises for each area. How much protein should I be eating overall every day? Thanks alot Adam Name: Adam Date: Jul. 5th, 2001 Title: Re: How Much Protein? It is a difficult question to answer, because on one hand training without an appropriate protein intake is useless and unnhealthy but to much protein is dangerous as well. If you want to gain weight I reckon twice your bodyweight divided by thousand is a minimum. (80Kg*2=160Kg 160Kg/1000= 160g) Some studies have shown that taking up to more than twice this amount makes muscles grow faster, but there is no proof yet. And test persons said they didn't feel well, felt revolted by protein rich food and had headaches due to insufficient hydration. It also depends on the kind of protein you are eating because just eating chicken or milk products wont give you enough of all the different amino acids a muscle needs to grow. Eat dfferent proteins: Eggs as well as vegetables. Meat as well as milk. Try to have a third of your protein intake from vegetables. And drink! You have to drink loads because proteins draw liquids just as carbohydrates do. Don't try to take in most of your calories through proteins. Rich carbohydrates deliver energy a lot better to your body and the proteins remain as raw material for muscle building. You don't want to be burning up the wood you are building with. Never eat more than 30 grams of protein within two hours, your body just can't absorb much more. The leftovers will be getting out of your body in a rather smelly way. Just keep eating proteins all day in relatively small quantities. And have fun, cook different low fat high calorie dishes for optimum muscle growth. Try to make eating healthily and efficiently fun. Enjoy yourself doing it. Because otherwise the motivation will be lost after the first few days and you'll be back to the weird shakes from gym and a huge steak right before bedtime. All the best Benjamin Name: Benjamin T. Wey Date: Jul. 6th, 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |