Protein Argument?

lemurcat12

alexgcherk wrote: »

ceoverturf wrote: »

alexgcherk wrote: »

ceoverturf wrote: »

Protein doesn't give you abs.
It's generally recommended somewhere in the neighborhood of 0.8g per pound of body weight (or alternatively 1g per lb of lean muscle mass)

This is incorrect 0.8g per kilo (not pound). So, you are 130lbs = 59kilos*0.8g = you need 47 grams of protein a day

I'm sorry but you are incorrect. 47g of protein a day is woefully inadequate for most people's goals.

47g of protein = only 188 calories per day from protein, or less than 10% of most people's calorie budget.

Well, this is where I get my info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_(nutrient)

Also, please do your math - MyFitnessPal calculates your protein intake accurately, considering 0.8g/kg and not per pound.

I explained the kg vs. lb difference already (it depends on goals, but for the OP's goals kg is wrong and lb is right), but MFP doesn't do either. MFP has a set percentage of total calories (which you can change).

And yes, excess protein gets converted to FAT, but at higher MBR price than carbs.

Not when you are at a calorie deficit. At least no one net gains fat at a calorie deficit, so there's no worry about being too high in protein when at a deficit and thus still gaining fat, as the prior poster seemed to be claiming.

juggernaut1974

alexgcherk wrote: »

ceoverturf wrote: »

alexgcherk wrote: »

ceoverturf wrote: »

Protein doesn't give you abs.
It's generally recommended somewhere in the neighborhood of 0.8g per pound of body weight (or alternatively 1g per lb of lean muscle mass)

This is incorrect 0.8g per kilo (not pound). So, you are 130lbs = 59kilos*0.8g = you need 47 grams of protein a day

I'm sorry but you are incorrect. 47g of protein a day is woefully inadequate for most people's goals.

47g of protein = only 188 calories per day from protein, or less than 10% of most people's calorie budget.

Well, this is where I get my info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_(nutrient)

Also, please do your math - MyFitnessPal calculates your protein intake accurately, considering 0.8g/kg and not per pound.

And yes, excess protein gets converted to FAT, but at higher MBR price than carbs.

However, this recommendation is based on structural requirements, but disregards use of protein for energy metabolism.

Not a minor point to ignore.

So yes. If you're going to lie in a coma all day, you can probably get by with 47g of protein daily. If you actually expect to, you know, do anything resembling activity, you might want to up it a bit.

I have no idea what you're talking about WRT MFP calculations. The only thing MFP does is take your chosen protein % x your calorie goal divided by 4 (4 calories per gram of protein) to give you a suggested protein goal.

EG If your goal is 2000 calories and you've chosen 25% protein as your goal, it's going to tell you to eat 125g of protein a day.

Mr_Knight

alexgcherk wrote: »

And yes, excess protein gets converted to FAT, but at higher MBR price than carbs.

As a standalone statement, that is incorrect.

Before anything can be stored as fat, you need to be in a caloric excess. In a caloric deficit, nothing is going to be stored as fat, even if you ate 100% of your calories as protein.

yarwell

http://caloriesproper.com/nutrient-partitioning-a-very-high-protein-diet/

RDA: 0.8 g/kg

Active individuals: 1.2-2.0 g/kg (via ISSN)