How Much Protein Should You Eat Per Day?

Posted by Mark Evans in Mar, 2014

Breaking down the amounts of fats, carbs, and protein in your diet can be helpful if you have encountered a plateau in your weight-loss journey. Muscle-building diets recommend the 30-30-40 rule of protein-fat-carbs.

But, what amount of protein is good for you, and are there any concerns that you need to be aware of as you increase your intake of protein?

Protein is incredibly important when it comes to losing weight.

As we know… in order to lose weight, we need to take in fewer calories than we burn.

Eating protein can help with that, by boosting your metabolic rate (calories out) and reducing your appetite (calories in). This is well supported by science.

Protein at around 25-30% of calories has been shown to boost metabolism by up to 80 to 100 calories per day, compared to lower protein diets

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