if you are trying to build muscle, how much protein should you be eating?
I have another article on how many grams of protein per day you should eat when trying to lose weight while preserving muscle but in order to focus on gaining muscle you do need a little more. In that article I suggested eating 0.8 grams of protein per pound of body weight. While this will certainly help you maintain muscle (assuming you are doing some type of resistance training) the number should be a bit more when trying to gain muscle. You can gain muscle eating 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight but I like to play it safe.