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Water will make the oatmeal taste bland, you should definitely use a milk of your choice. One or two tsp of sugar is fine, it's only 5-10 calories and is better than most of the alternatives out there. A little bit of sugar is not going to harm you, especially when a lot of complex carbs and fiber is involved and slows down the speed of absorption. I personally prefer soy and almond milks.

pinky0926 posted...

I think it stems from

1) Most people undereat in proteins, if muscle gain is their goal and they aren't thinking about their diet. Take the average 140lb male and look at his diet, he's probably eating 60grams of protein. Which is fine for general living but eventually you're gonna start spinning your wheels at the gym.

I'm 175lb and if I don't get in at least a couple of whey schoops a day I undershoot it, and I eat chicken or beef or fish most days.

60g is more than enough, with a huge margin of safety, for the fitness needs of a 140lb male. No one should really be eating more protein than 0.8g/kg of mass, or 0.34g/lb of weight. In all honesty, all the protein anyone will ever need can be gotten from carb sources, I say this as a vegan that is able to put on lean mass and easily maintain, even without working out for a few weeks or not eating tons of protein every day.

2) there's not apparently any disadvantage to overshooting it a bit

There's no storage bank for protein in the body like there is for fat and carbs. Eating more than your body can handle every day will end up hurting your kidneys and put your body in a very slow diet-induced state of metabolic acidosis.

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