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How much protein should I consume each day? I keep getting different

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How much protein should I consume each day?

I keep getting different answers from different sites and thought I'd see what you guys think.

I'm male, 5'9", 140 lbs.
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100g is enough. Anymore is a meme
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Optimum is 0.82g/lb of bodyweight. Going beyond that doesn't yield much benefit, but it also doesn't hurt either unless you've got some weird kidney or digestive illnesses
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>>36839065

0.0685715853 grams per troy ounce
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>>36839076
Fuck it. I need to go to bed, and I'm too lazy to hunt down the studies, but I'm going to assume they're buried somewhere in this article since it has the same conclusion
http://bayesianbodybuilding.com/the-myth-of-1glb-optimal-protein-intake-for-bodybuilders/
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>>36839065
Between 1.3-1.5 grams per kg of bodyweight is sufficient to achieve positive nitrogen balance.
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>>36839065
1g per pound of bodyweight
>le too much

Wouldn't you rather be safe than sorry OP?
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>>36839137
>>36839160
this
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>>36839170
you sound like the kind of guy that'd be a christian just because of pascal's wager
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>>36839170
>spend 20% more on protein
>piss out excess
Okay money bags.
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Its simple senpai

>Take weight in the morning.
>Weight at night
>Record every day for 2 weeks
>Find averages
>Difference between the two averages
>Multiply by height in cm
>Divide by age
>Multiply by body fat percentage
>Plus or minus 4.3% of that number in grams
>done
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