A baseline intake of 1.2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day is a starting point, and intake may need to increase, particularly in a caloric deficit.

“And the numbers for what more tends to be seem to converge in the ballpark of 1.2 to 1.6 g per kilogram if you're trying to go for a minimum effective dose. Um, but easily up to two, right?”

“I think that's pretty much what most all the experts agree is that like it's time to change that RDA to that number, right?”

“You kind of need to start there, and then you can move up, but there's obviously...there's a ceiling. And, you know, we could, obviously, have a discussion about, should it be 1.6 something here, or if you're in a caloric deficit, and I'm like, "Yeah, you could probably stand to eat a little bit more," because, you know, in a calorie deficit, again, you're, sort of, tipping the scales in the favor of the breakdown side of things.”

“The optimal range for daily protein intake is closer to 1.2 to 1.6 G per kilogram body weight per day or roughly 0.54 to 0.72 G per pound this is based on alternative methods like stable isotope studies which consistently show that higher intakes are necessary to maintain a positive protein balance far above the 0.8 G per kilogram often cited”