Proteins are extremely friendly from the weight loss/management prospective. The official recommendations are to consume 0.8 g per kg of body weight of proteins per day. Most people simply round this number to 1 g/per kg of body weight. Proteins are the building blocks that our body needs to sustain its structure. Proteins are composed of amino acids. There are 21 amino acids, 9 of them are essential – meaning that our body cannot synthesize them from fat or carbs. Which also means that the other 12 amino acids our body can generate on it’s own. I would suggest to target a calculated physiological requirement that your body needs, but I wouldn’t go paranoiac about targeting to meet this goal every day as our body has a lot of flexibility. For healthy people there are appear to be no obvious harm from consuming bigger than recommended amounts of proteins, in fact they are the basis of low carb diets where calories from a carbs are substituted by fats or proteins derived carbs. For people with various chronic medical problems, I would recommend to discuss this with a physician first, especially for people with liver, kidney problems, gout and various other chronic issues…