Protien: How many grams per pound of body wieght?

[badazzwhitedude]

I remember seeing on tv that gorillas eat an enormous amount of food. I believe it was something like up to 20 or 30 lbs a day or so, but I can't remember for sure. I was very surprised at how much they said gorillas eat though.

 

[Digital Ronin]

I try to stay around 1.75 - 2.0g of protien per lb of body weight.

 

[steveo]

It all depends on what you are looking to do. If you are trying to rip up you would need a minimum of 2 grams or protein for each lb of body weight because you are going to be running a low carb low fat diet and dont want to sacrifice any muscle. In the winter when its bulk time I eat 1 - 1 1/2 grams of protein per pound of body weight because I am increasing the grams of carbs also. So it really depends on what you are looking to do but I would not to any less than 1 gram per pound especially if you are trying to diet for the summer or compete which you will then need 2.

 

[Gullie]

Gorillas are able to attain & maintain great musculature
on a vegetarian diet. How come?

Cause they are gorillas!

I would take no less than 1 1/2 grams per pound of bodywieght. If you feel you are getting fatter cut back your carbs. I personally take in 2 to almost 3 grams per lb of bw but thats me. You need prtein for the rebuild of muscle tissue!