Are You Eating the Right Amount of Protein for Your Age?

We’ll cut through the high-protein noise and help you find a sensible range for your age - and a calm way to check whether you’re in it.

Everywhere you look, the message is the same: add more protein. “High-protein” is stamped on yogurts, cereal, bread, ice cream and chocolate bars; fitness feeds talk about hitting your protein target; it’s easy to feel that whatever you’re eating now probably isn’t enough.

Hang around the health world for five minutes, and you start hearing “magic” numbe…