How much protein per day do I need?
It wasn’t really a question I had asked myself before but this was the first thing my instructor talked about when I met him for my very first hour in a gym ever.
When I told him I ate oatmeal for breakfast he looked shocked and suggested I should eat eggs for breakfast because without the protein from those I would be starved for protein between dinner at 19.00 and lunch at 11.30.
Initially I took this advice at face value because I had no reason not to trust my instructor – and I had no idea how much protein daily I needed to support my new adventure into losing fat by building muscle through weight training.
But that was before I read Eat Stop Eat by Brad Pilon and another ebook he wrote called How Much Protein? – The Shocking Answer to the Question “How Much Protein do I need to Build Muscle?”
(The protein book is not advertised on the frontpage of Brads site, but when you click through to the order page you’ll find that it’s part of both his Deluxe and Advanced package – I’ve got the Advanced package and I’m currently listening to the audio files)
What I read in Brads protein book has left me seriously doubting my instructor’s knowledge about nutrition. If he can be that wrong about how much protein to take on a daily basis – and how often to eat it – how wrong is he then about the amount of calories I need? – And if his nutrition advice is flawed, then how about my training plan? – is that flawed as well?
Anyway, with Eat Stop Eat you’ll be without protein intake for much longer than I was without protein, so I was obviously very interested in finding out if I would be able to train on my fasting days or if I would have to time my training days to the days when I’m not fasting.
It would really be bad if the weight loss I could get from following Eat Stop Eat would have a crippling effect on my training.
So that’s why I’m so pleased to find that Brad has put the same scientific emphasis on How Much Protein as he has on Eat Stop Eat.
How Much Protein really goes over a lot of scientific studies regarding protein needs – and I do mean A LOT.
Do I really need to eat 30 grams of protein every 2 or 3 hours like so many muscle building sites and magazines advocate? – And if not, then how much protein should I have?
Do I really need to drink post-workout protein-shakes? – Or are they just “invented” by supplements companies to drain my wallet?
What if I’m vegetarian?
Is the amount of protein I need different if I’m on different types of diets?
The difference between real scientific endpoints and surrogate endpoints is explained (and this difference seems to be the real culprit behind some of the erroneous conclusions about muscle gain and how much protein your body needs – and in my opinion the most interesting part of the book)
I’ve already recommended Eat Stop Eat as a way to lose body fat in my preliminary Eat Stop Eat review, and if you’re interested in learning more about what’s true and false about protein and how much of it you need on a daily basis then I recommend you pick up the Deluxe package of Eat Stop Eat (and If you’re a nutcase like me that thrives on consuming knowledge then you’ll probably want to pick up the Advanced package)
I’ll be testing out Eat Stop Eat on myself very soon, so make sure you check back regularly if you want to know how that goes.
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