How Much Protein Do You Need?

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us How Much Protein Do You Need?  I get lots of questions about protein. What is enough, what is too much? We are still learning, actually. For example, there is research which suggests that eating about 30 grams three times per day is an optimal minimum to avoid muscle loss as we age - that eating that amount at one time stimulates muscles, but more does not help. It's all interesting, and fun to watch the emerging science. Have a great week - Laura Laura Dolson Low Carb Diets Expert How Much Protein Do You Need? What is protein? How much protein do we need? Is it possible to eat too much protein? These are important questions for people following a low-carb way of eating, who usually are replacing part of their carbohydrate intake with protein. Also, there is a handy list of high-protein foods and the amount of protein in each. Also, you can check out these calculators to help you know how much protein you should eat. READ NOW Share Biggest Loser and Other Tidbits from the 2015 Obesity Summit  When I go to conferences I use that information to inform my writing all year long, but I always try to put out a few easy tidbits that I think will be useful or interesting to my readers. READ NOW Share How to Be a Low-Carb Vegetarian  What to consider when going low-carb as a vegetarian, or going vegetarian when low-carb, with links to recipes and lots of help. READ NOW Share Who Benefits from Cutting Carbs? A Look at the Science  Do you sometimes worry about whether low-carb eating is healthy?  Despite what you may hear, the science says yes!! READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • 7 Fitness Tracker Hacks to Addict You to Using It • Learn Why There is No Real Autism Epidemic • Slimming Down With Yerba Mate • 4 Feel-Good Tools for Your Post-Ride Recovery • Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Shorten Your Lifespan? • The Best Exercises to Improve Your Balance • Angry at Your Body due to Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? • What Are the Symptoms of Breast Cancer in Men? Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Low Carb Diets newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved