Dietary Protein Refresher - after listening to a STEM Talk podcast episode

[FrankoBear]

Continuing the discussion from Eggtober Octstravaganza - 31 days of Healthy Protein Eating - Carnivore Challenge:

Optimal dietary protein per day in a range between 1.2g to 1.8g per kg optimal personal body weight per day. With a range of 0.8g to 2.5g per kg optimal body weight per day.

Are you meeting your healthy dietary protein needs?

(The interviewee, Dr. Layman, works for Big Egg. Does that mean he works for Big Bird? Which came first?)

This from 2017:

Eating Fat to Satiety

We’re all unique though, so we need to find out what works for us. I did an experiment in January where I ate the Australian reference value for protein, which for a 52 yo man is 0.84g/kg [LBM]. For my LBM of 80.38kgs that is 67.5 g/day of protein. I didn’t gain or lose a significant amount of lean mass (according to DEXA scans). The interesting thing is that when I was that low, if I was short one day (like one day I only ate 59g) the following day I had intense cravings for umami tasting …

[ctviggen]

So, not the weight you are not per se, but “optimal body weight”? Which I assume means…what, exactly?

[Dismal_Bliss]

Probably similar to “goal weight”.

I’ve heard that you want to eat 1g per pound of your goal weight. So if my goal weight is 165 lbs then I want to consume 165g of protein. Using 1.8g per kg as mentioned above puts my daily total at 135g which is definitely in the ball parl. 1.2 per kg brings me to 90g which starts to sound more like the minimum