Will more protein get me bigger muscles?

Nope! Although many personal trainers and fitness instructors think so! In fact without necessary calories and carbs – caaaarrrrrrbsssss - from a balanced diet, your body will be forced to use a good amount of protein for energy instead of the glycogen it was designed to use, actually working against strength and muscle-building. Most people (active or not) need about 0.8-1.0 g protein per kilogram body weight (to find your weight in kilograms, divide by 2.2). Muscle builders and intense athletes can go up to 1.3-1.5 g/kg body weight – rarely but possibly, up to 1.7 g/kg. Most Americans get 2X this amount and then some. I may make that kind of recommendation for… oh, I don’t know… chemo patients and burn victims! Not necessary for bigger biceps folks. It is important to include some protein with your carbs before and after exercise for muscle recovery – you can sufficiently do this with a glass of skim milk. Skim. Milk. The skim milk also has Calcium, which helps with the digestion of protein. Take note, a lack of Calcium in your diet may cause your body to take it from your bones, so if your trainer told you to cut out milk too, you may want to reconsider... aaaaand stop listening to your trainer for nutrition advice they've recently Googled. Feel free to spend way too much money on “high performance drinks” that fill you with caffeine (fake “energy”) and B vitamins, but its not necessary. Small doses of caffeine and protein during exercises can be beneficial, but “monster sized” is absolutely not required. By the way, the protein your body doesn’t need, is peed out… how sexy. But not before passing through your kidneys…I can’t imagine that much protein passing through your kidneys can be good for it… what do you think?