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Adults in the U.S. are encouraged to get 10% to 35% of their day's calories from protein foods. That's about 46 grams of protein for women, and 56 grams of protein for men. It's not hard to get this amount if you eat two to three servings of protein-rich foods a day, according to the CDC. 1  A small 3-ounce piece of meat has about 21 grams of protein. A typical 8-ounce piece of meat could have over 50 grams of protein.  One 8-ounce container of yogurt has about 11 grams of protein.
For example, the average sedentary adult needs roughly 0.4 grams of protein per pound of body weight. That's about 50 grams for a sedentary 125-pound adult or 60 grams for a 150-pound adult. If you're strength training -- which you should be if you want to gain muscle -- you need up to 0.8 grams of protein per pound.