Protein benefits everyone, from children to seniors
It’s not just elite athletes who need protein. The ingredient holds benefits for everyone, from children to seniors and from recreational athletes to those seeking to lose weight.
Protein may be a macronutrient the deficiency of which portends dire consequences for health. But it is amply represented in the American diet already. A 2015 analysis of the 2007-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that American men consume, on average, close to 100 grams of protein per day — nearly double the 56 grams generally recommended for the group. Sensing the potential for too much of a good thing, 2016’s updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans went so far as to advise teenage boys and adult men to “reduce overall intake of protein foods.”