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Originally posted by EleqTrizi'T
That's off. 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight is nothing more than the ideal plan for optimizing muscle growth. You certainly do not need that much to maintain.
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Let me rephrase what I wrote. To maintain muscle while dieting you need at least that amount. Same goes for if you are trying to gain muscle. Even if you are just maintaining your current physique (honestly who falls into this category?
) then you are right about not needing 1 gram per pound, however, you need more protein then you think and it certainly doesn't hurt having it. Being that this thread is about protein shakes, I don't think that it would be an unfair assumption that one who is taking protein suppliments are trying to make a difference in their body and not really "maintaining" what they have, ergo I didn't think that I would have to explain my post as completely as I just had to now... but thanks to you I did
