How Much Protein is in an Egg

Bodybuilders and weight lifters alike find it true that in order to keep the protein in their diets and to maintain and build on large muscle mass, which is important to their respective sport, that they need to consume 2.0 grams of protein intake per body weight. The formula to get just how much protein intake is necessary per day, divide 2.0 by the body weight. For example: body weight is 160, take 160 and divide by 2.0, which equals 80. An intake of 80 grams of protein is necessary for any serious bodybuilder.

Eggs are a good source for low-cost and high-quality protein. Eggs provide 5.5 grams of protein and has only 68 calories. All humans are built from protein, we rely on animal and vegetable protein for a good supply of amino acids, which then is transformed and rearranged into nitrogen in order to create the correct pattern of amino acids our bodies require to stay fit and healthy. Protein is also found in fish, meat, milk, beans and in soy products, like tofu. There is a less amount of protein in grains and nuts.

While protein requirements for adult males who are extremely athletic is 2.0 to 2.2 grams per kilograms of body weight per day, much less can be consumed for men with only a moderate workout routine.

Egg protein gets 1.3 grams of protein per hour transported to the blood and get assimilated into muscle and other tissue for repair and for rebuilding. Eggs are considered a slow acting protein compared to Whey isolate, which get 8 to 10 grams of protein per hour or Casein isolate, which offers 6.1 grams per hour. But, there’s really no evidence that all the variations make any difference to building muscle over the long term, however, Whey has shown a bit of an advantage in the short term studies. Interestingly, the information gleaned from the numbers listed, is that with only an average protein absorption of 7 grams per hour, it’s theorized that the absorption is limited to about 168 grams every day. If this is accurate, it makes it entirely unnecessary to have an intake of anything over 200 grams of protein per day.

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