Ignoramus3739 wrote:
:: In article , Roger Zoul
:: wrote:
::: Ignoramus3739 wrote:
::::: In article , determined wrote:
::::::
:::::: "tHatDudeUK" wrote in
:::::: message ...
::::::: How much protein should I be trying to stick to each day with
::::::: such
::::::: a diet? Any recommended foodstuffs?
::::::
:::::: I eat about 1g per lb of bodyweight - 120g. I also lift weights
:::::: 3
:::::: x per week, so I'm looking to build muscle, which requires more
:::::: protein...
:::::
::::: I highly doubt that it requires even 1/10 of the protein that you
::::: consume...
:::
::: and upon what do you base this high doubt?
::
:: I have been reading some navy seal training book, that flatly states
:: that even for the best athletes, it is impossible to use more than 27
:: grams of protein per day. I highly doubt that for Determined, who is
:: a female and is not a seal trainee, the number would be even close to
:: half that amount. Hence my suggestion.
::
:: Note that protein can be used for more than muscle building. But
:: muscle building in ordinary persons like determined does not take
:: much protein.

So this must be why you choose your screen name, no doubt.

You do realize that you said she needs less than 12g of protein per day to
build muscle, right?

And what makes you think this navy seal training book is the end-all be-all
authority on building muscle?