Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
Protein Needs After 40: How Much You Actually Need
by Mo Mandegar, PhD
on May 07 2026
Muscle starts thinning around 30, and the dietary inputs thatworked in your 20s no longer keep pace. After 40, the mathchanges in two ways: how much protein you need each day, and howoften you need it. Here is what current research recommends — andwhy distribution across the day matters as much as the dailytotal.
