On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 17:02:08 +0200, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>10 ounces (280grams) of meat per day "minimal adequate" for
>one woman?
>I get from Nutrition Analysis Tool at
> http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~food-lab/nat/mainnat.html
>for 10 oz of BEEF;GROUND, EXTRA LEAN, COOKED, BAKED, WELL DONE
>for a 25 y old woman:
> Nutri Total Rec. %Rec.
>-----------+--------+------+------
> Calories 776.79 2200 35.31%
>Protein(g) 85.9 50 171.8%
> Fiber (g) 0 -- --
> Cal (mg) 25.52 800 3.19%
> vitC (mg) 0 60 0%
> Thia (mg) 0.14 1.1 12.73%
>
>That looks like *very* much protein was substituting the lacking
>energy of fat or carb.
Well, this Nutrition Analysis Tool has a slanted view of adequate protein.
To specify 50 grams of protein "for a 25 year old woman" is pretty silly.
What if she is a 6 foot 6 inch WBA player?
Should she have the same amount of protein as a 4 foot 10 inch librarian?
Check out http://www.zonehome.com/zlib0001.htm for a discussion of protein
requirements.
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Cheers,
Ken <*>
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