Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Dr Gapin | Men's Diet Alert_ Protein vs

15 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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This is a short excerpt from a YouTube video by Aaron Hartman, MD (Dr Gapin) giving dietary advice for men. The speaker emphasizes men commonly eat too many carbohydrates and fats and not enough protein, and emphasizes protein as key for being anabolic, building muscle, burning fat, regulating blood sugar, and reducing inflammation. He gives simple guidance: a memorable target of “150” grams of protein per day for men, and more precisely 0.8–1.0 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight (e.g., a 200 lb man: 160–200 g/day).

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150 grams of protein per day.

0.8 to 1.0 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight per day.

160 to 200 grams of protein per day.

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And what most men find is they're eating way too many carbs and not enough protein and made way too much fat as well. And that's gonna affect caloric intake, but it's also going to affect metabolism and energy systems and hormone production, et cetera. And so for protein, we wanna focus on that as the key macronutrients when it comes to being anabolic, when it comes to building muscle, when it comes to burning fat, when it comes to regulating blood sugar and reducing inflammation. And the number that I like to use for men as a simple, easy number to remember is 150. Now, now, to be a little more accurate, is technically 0.8 to 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. So, for example, if you weigh 200 pounds, that means 160 to 200 grams of protein per day.