It's another Q&A edition of Optimal Health Daily, and I'm Dr. Neil Malick.

Welcome back to another Friday show where I answer your questions.

On all the other days, I read health and fitness blogs to you like an audiobook,

with permission from the authors, of course.

Now, I'll let you know how you can send in your own question at the end of the show

and get rewarded for it.

But for now, let's hear today's question and start optimizing your life.

Today's question came via email. Zakiya writes, do we really need as much protein as the

fitness guru say? Thank you for taking the time to send in your

questions, Akia. Now, it seems everyone is a fitness expert or fitness guru these days. Some definitely

are. Others, not so much. And knowing the difference between a fitness expert and someone

that's not can be tricky. It can be easy to make judgments about someone's fitness expertise based on how they look,

for example.

I'll use my psychic abilities, though, and go out on a limb by saying,

chances are, you're probably already consuming enough protein.

How could I possibly know this?

This is because there have been a lot of data collected on how

much and what types of food populations around the world consume regularly. And what we've learned

is that most consume plenty of protein each day. So, let's do some math. Let's say we have a relatively

active adult that regularly incorporates resistance training into

their routine. The American College of Sports Medicine says that this person needs to consume

between 1.2 and 1.7 grams of protein per kilogram body weight. Now, it's frustrating for those of us in the U.S. because these

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