Health Tip of the Week: Your daily protein requirements
Published 5:00 pm Tuesday, June 15, 2004
- Health Tip of the Week: Your daily protein requirements
The average person needs to eat 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight each day. Endurance athletes need 1.2-1.4 grams per kilogram each day; strength athletes may need as much as 1.7 grams per kilogram each day.
Body weight in poundsRecommended grams of protein per day40146022802910036120441405116058180652007322080
