Random But Useful Nutrition Fact #35

Want to add a pound of muscle per week? The rule of thumb is to increase caloric intake by 400-500 calories per day and increase protein intake by 20 grams. Now the important part it's to calculate your amount of calories needed per day currently to establish the amount of calories you should be eating to gain this muscle. To do this go to https://fnic.nal.usda.gov/interactiveDRI/ . This is a tool nutritional and dietetics professionals use to guide people to their goals. So if you find out that you should be eating 2200 calories a day, and about 45 grams of protein a day, to build 1 pound of lean muscle mass a week increase calories to 2600 to 2700 and increase protein to 65 grams. This diet combined with weight bearing exercises and using the progressive overload strategy. This goal is 100% reachable. #fitlife #elevatednutrition#elevatednutritionist #reallifenutrition

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