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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