Is doubling your optimal protein intake (according to your weight in kg) worth it?

[ascension!]

The optimal protein intake according to several medical studies and dietary guidelines, is approximately 1.5g per kg of weight. Obviously, depending on the age range, but it’s an AVG. What I want to say with this is, after a lot of deep research I have done; if you mega-dose protein, at the end of the day, your body will only absorb the amount of protein it needs and the rest will be expelled through the urine, so if you consume too much protein you will only put too much pressure on your kidneys, hurting them.

So, according to @enchanted_elixir if we want to increase our height naturally, mega-dosing protein is a way of; since protein in conjunction with HGH form IGF-1, which is the hormone responsible for growth. But is it really worth it/legit to do it? Has anyone been successful with this?

On a daily basis, I consume about 4 eggs (scrambled or fried with red meat) along with 500 mL of whole milk or fruit juice for breakfast. In the afternoon, I eat 150g of chicken breast skinless accompanied by carbs such as pasta; rice; bread and broccoli; potato. In the dinner (evening) two hours before sleeping, I usually eat whatever. So ED, assuming I ate this on a daily basis, I’d get about 120g of protein.

 

[Bonesbonesbonesbone]

No amount of fucking protien will make you grow taller…. ITS ALL GENETICS… BLUEPRINTS TO STRUCTUALLY BUILD YOU. Eating 1.5g of protien per lb of bodyweight is already a LOT to heightmaxx.

 

[Bonesbonesbonesbone]

Also what’s the point of doing all of THIS if you not intensely excerising

 

[Deleted member 21863]

eat 1 kg protein a day and get kidney failure theorem

 

[andy9432]

its cope. been on a high protein diet and all i did was farting and bloated, now im on 1g per kg of bodyweight protein a day and i have a quality physique

 

[Whatashame]

its cope. been on a high protein diet and all i did was farting and bloated, now im on 1g per kg of bodyweight protein a day and i have a quality physique

1g is not ideal tho, 1.7 is

 

[kokoszanel]

you should eat that much protein as much as you need. Just ''feel it'', if you did hard workout and have sore muscles you should eat more. There is no static value of protein for every person, it's invidual and depends on many factors such as muscle mass, hormones, muscle soreness etc.

 

[kalefartbomb]

No amount of fucking protien will make you grow taller…. ITS ALL GENETICS… BLUEPRINTS TO STRUCTUALLY BUILD YOU. Eating 1.5g of protien per lb of bodyweight is already a LOT to heightmaxx.

Is that why south koreans are several inches taller than north koreans? Did they rapidly evolve different genetics in a few decades? Genetics are just a loose set of parameters, you need nutrition to reach the upper limit of those parameters, not just for height for all physical development.

As for OP, I think it's best to go on lean bodyweight, not total bodyweight. So for the typical guy 100g is enough. If you're cutting you typically want more since it will be muscle-sparing. I ballpark around 120-150g daily.

 

[enchanted_elixir]

No amount of fucking protien will make you grow taller…. ITS ALL GENETICS… BLUEPRINTS TO STRUCTUALLY BUILD YOU. Eating 1.5g of protien per lb of bodyweight is already a LOT to heightmaxx.

Ok boyo lol

 

[HAPAgymcel]

if you mega-dose protein, at the end of the day, your body will only absorb the amount of protein it needs and the rest will be expelled through the urine, so if you consume too much protein you will only put too much pressure on your kidneys, hurting them.

very true, a possible solution I think of is doing 20 hour fasts (guaranteed HGH boost with temporarily low IGF) and then having high protein meals, that could have more IGF-1 producing potential than high protein all day over a 12-14 hour span (unless you got the peptides)