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Originally Posted by funchy  I can understand people in serious training needing 6000 calories a day (eg Lance Armstrong), but who needs 190g of protein? That seems excessive.  The vegan weightlifing sites I visited seemed to indicate that the body can only build so much muscle per day, so overloading on proteins didn't really help. |
With all respect to you and others who believe one doesn't need much protein for muscle synthesis -> I don't care. I educate myself on a lot of subject surrounding and including weight training, and from that I'm led to believe that one does need around 1 gram of protein per lbs of body weight. Taking 1 gram as a guideline, I want to bulk up to 190+ lbs, hence why I need ~190 gram of protein a day. I already need around 5000 calories just to maintain my body weight at 166 lbs (I'm 6'3 tall, with a very fast metabolism). Obviously, I'm gonna need around 6k calories a day if I want to bulk up to, and maintain, a body weight of 190 lbs.
If you're interested, I'm pretty sure I can dig up some of that research about protein needs. Just gimme a shout.
Edit @ funchy: As far as I know, omega-3 fatty acids and its derivatives EPA and DHA are responsible for the anti-inflammatory effects. Doesn't make sense that one would center a diet around omega-6 for it's anti-inflammatory effects, since around 100% of the population in rich countries eat much more omega-6 than they need and is healthy for them.