At 10:19 AM -0400 22/6/04, Tad Glines wrote:

>If you expect to maintain or increase your muscle mass, you need to get
>enough protein in your diet. I don't recommend going below 50g per day and
>would suggest that if you want to gain weight you should shoot for at least
>.5 grams per pound of body weight.

That's still on the low side. The maximum protein intake that's safe
is about 3 grams per kg of body weight capped at about one third of
caloric intake. And you should ramp up to that level of intake over
a period of time to allow your body time to up-regulate the enzymes
that process dietary nitrogen.

If you eat more protein than that you risk consuming more nitrogen
than your liver can break down and then you finish up with ammonia
spilling into the bloodstream and that'll make you sick and kill
you if you keep it up.

Note that this is the maximum amount of protein the body can process.
I make no promises about it being the healthiest amount!

 ...R.