“The answer is always 200 grams.”
I say that as a joke, but without knowing anything about a male lifting weights, if I have to recommend a single number as ideal without knowing their weight, muscle, dietary goals (which is a ridiculous unrealistic scenario) I would say they can accomplish almost anything eating about 200g daily. It’s overkill to sufficient for bulking for all but the most muscular individuals, and it covers cutting minimums for most decently.
The main thing is, when in a surplus you need less. When eating more carbs more frequently, you need less. And it’s not based on bodyweight, but your fat free mass. How much muscle do you need to support. You can generally use much more when dieting, assuming you’re spreading it out over a bigger period, but this is when calories are at a premium. And fasting longer negates some of the benefit of muscle preservation of higher protein intake (you won’t get as much benefit to elevated consumption all within a narrow window, like only 4-8 hours of feeding). Essentially, if you have a wide feeding window of 4-6 meals, eat protein every single time, but with intermittent fasting also eat protein every time you eat, but total daily protein can & should be lower in that scenario.
So if are 230lbs and currently 30% bodyfat, you are 161lbs lean, or 73kg. 73x1.6 & 2.2 (that range Resolve mentioned from the studies) means you can use 117-161g protein daily. If you bias towards the top of that since you are in a deficit, you can still see 200 is way overkill - if you eat 3 meals around 40-60g/meal, you will be good to go. Anything more than that is preference and should just come down to how you want to spend your daily calories.
1g/lb of total bodyweight is a gross exaggeration by the supplement industry to convince folks they need to buy protein powder to hit these exaggerated numbers.
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