How to Calculate How Much Protein to Consume

Step 1

Protein is very important to to advanced and serious athletes or weight lifters. I would recommend you to first consult a doctor before you consider supplementing it into your diet. This is just for safety reasons.

Step 2

To keep it basic muscles are made of protein and other fibers. When you workout your muscles are broken down and then rebuilt stronger. When you supplement protein, the process in which your muscles rebuild is much faster and efficient.

Step 3

The usual rule of thumb when supplementing protein in your diet is to consume roughly 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight. So, if a man weighed 150lbs, he would want to consume almost 150 grams of protein throughout the day. From experience, I think that 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight should be a bare minimum for serious training sessions.

Step 4

A more efficient amount of protein per pound of body weight ratio would be 1.5 grams per pound of body weight. So, in this example a man that weighs 150lbs would want to consume 225 grams of protein within a given day. I feel that consuming this ratio is much more beneficial. To calculate how many grams of protein you should be taking in daily simply multiply your bodyweight by 1.5. This will give you your daily recommended protein consumption.