Subject:  Re: how much protein? |
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red_candle
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Date Posted: 17:12:08 09/07/04 Tue
In reply to:
Deb
's message, "Re: how much protein? / Chocolate" on 06:19:21 09/07/04 Tue
>>ha, ha, ha, You are both right!!!!
>>
>>The idea is that proteine should make up as a % of
>>total calories, exactly how deb stated (these nubers
>>are correct deb) But on top of that it is so that 52
>>gramms of proteine are recommended because if you go
>>lower than 40 gramms and higher than 70 gramms
>>(assuming you are not pregnant) you get problems in
>>the long run.
>>
>>The idea is than that proteines should be a percentage
>>of your total calorie intake with the provision that
>>it should be between 40 and 70 gramms, where 52 is
>>ideal.
>>
>>Most people today (non ED) actually eat too much
>>proteines, in western cultures proteine rich food is
>>overconsumed. There are people who eat so many
>>proteines that we call them proteine addicts.
>>
>>I will post an actual stat later today with all the
>>things you should eat with amounts on it.
>>
>>Chocolate
>
>Thanks for clarifying that better...like I said,
>everyone needs to know ALL the info. and not just some
>pieces of it to determine what they need to consume to
>be healthy for themselves. Especially in the U.S.
>there is so much conflicting information from
>different sources, I tend to go with FDA and other
>government guidelines rather than diet books and
>sites; they're more confusing than not and ppl with
>EDs tend to look at what source tells them is the
>lowest numbers for consumption to go by which is not
>the best or safest way to go.
>:)Deb
thanks everyone, reading through all of that info has been very helpful!
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