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Protein is one of the principal Macro-Nutrients required for the human body.

  1. Tissue Repair1
  2. Fluid Balance
  3. Regulate Sugar (Insulin)
  4. Muscle Repair

The amount of protein required by a person can be calculated by their body weight, and the amount of exercise they get. For a sedentary person;

0.8g/Kg (0.36g/lb.) is the recommended amount of protein per day.2

Which means, if I weight 80Kg, I require 64g of protein everyday, or roughly 2Kg per month3

Profile Requirement (g/Kg)1
Sedentary 0.8
Over 40 years 1 - 1.2
Active 1.1 - 1.5
Athletic 1.2 - 1.7

❌ Excess

The human body cannot store protein, so it is converted and stored as fat.[^5] So excess protein does not compensate for strength training when trying to increase muscle size.

⭕ Deficiency

See Also

  1. Macro-Nutrients

References

  1. Protein: Are You Getting Enough?, by Poonam Sachdev, MD on WebMD.com (17 December 2023) ↩↩

  2. What Are Macronutrients?, byChristine Mikstas on WebMD.com (13 July 2023) ↩

  3. Assuming 30 days per month and 64g per day, 1.92 Kg of protein. ↩

  4. Are you getting too much protein?, by Kristi Wempen, R.D.N. on mayoclinichealthsystem.org (29 April 2022) ↩