How much protein should you eat per day? Chances are you’re imagining something like “1.2 to 1.6 grams per kilogram” or “1 gram per pound” right now. These are the classic figures used by sports nutritionists the world round, and it’s the way most athletes have been trained to think about protein. There’s a problem with these figures, though: they’re not particularly accurate. Depending on your weight, the amount of protein recommended could be near right, but just as likely too high or too low. There’s also a lot of in-fighting about which figure is best, which occurs precisely because none of these figures are well-backed by science. Honestly, we know enough now to make a different type of protein recommendation altogether—which is what we’ll be looking at here. Variety in Protein Recommendations Why is it that there are protein recommendations that go all the way from 0.8 grams per