Hi sir I'm doing bodybuilding for about 16 months and taking supplements as necessary. I have came to know that one pound of muscle require at least 1 gm of protein. My weight is 180 pounds but I'm taking approximately 100 gm of protein everyday and does weight workout 5 times per week. Can you please suggest the amount of protein required for a day.

Dr. Ramesh RamHomeopath14yrs exp

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Protien get consumed only when the intake of carbohydrates and sugar is very less. When your food contain more carbohydrate and sugar then what ever the protien consume will not be much utilised and consumed. The necessity of protien per pound differ from each person based on the kind of job he is doing and based on the climate where he lives. Liver has the capability to convert a carbohydrates to protien when the intake of protien is not sufficient. Which is scientifically proven. Just for example cow eat only grass and leaves, according to us it has no protien but it body mass has more muscle build up of protien. So body has the capability to convert any form of energy to another form. So don't worry about the intake of protien, when the body find something is deficient, then you start to crave food which has more nutrients which it lack. Enjoy body building and take care. 

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