How Much Protein Do Active Adults Actually Need?
The standard RDA is a floor for sedentary adults, not a training target. Here's what the sports-nutrition evidence actually recommends for people who exercise regularly.
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Nutrition deals with eating for performance and body composition: daily protein targets, carbohydrate availability around sessions, hydration, and the handful of supplements with credible trial support. Each recommendation carries a number and a source, and marketing claims are separated from measured effects before anything gets suggested.
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How Much Protein You Actually Need When You Train
For recreational lifters and runners, the commonly used research range is 1.4 to 2.0 grams per kilogram of body weight per day — and most people miss the distribution, not the total.
Written by Grace Mensah