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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by chrisseaton on Monday December 09, 2019 @08:42PM (#21748829)
A quarter protein? That's insane. You only need about 60 grammes of protein a day. Why are you eating a quarter of your food in protein?
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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by nradov on Monday December 09, 2019 @10:27PM (#21749324)
That's like the bare minimum to avoid obvious nutritional deficiency. For optimal health and athletic performance most people can benefit from significantly more.
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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by chrisseaton on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @06:46AM (#21751599)
It's not the minimum it's the recommended.
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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by nradov on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @08:33AM (#21752245)
The recommendation is the minimum. Most people can benefit from more.
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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by whitebread on Monday December 09, 2019 @10:17PM (#21749284)
Nah. Insane is a really heavy word to use here. Everyone is different. And 60 is really low, insane even, for the average sized human regardless.
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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by blevin on Monday December 09, 2019 @11:02PM (#21749496)
US RDA is 0.8 grams/day per kg of bodyweight. For a 150 pound / 68 kg person that’s around 55 grams.
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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by whitebread on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @09:08AM (#21752511)
Remember when the government told us that low-fat was the way to go?
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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by Jernik on Monday December 09, 2019 @08:48PM (#21748859)
I'm assuming they mean "a quarter protein heavy dish like a meat, etc"
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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by enthdegree on Monday December 09, 2019 @08:54PM (#21748890)
weightlifting folklore says you should eat at least 1g of protein per kg of body weight to gain muscle efficiently
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Re:Grocery Industry Confronts a Problem: Only 10% of America... by dalkur on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @03:26AM (#21750695)
Depending on the research it is around 1.6 to 2.2 grams of protein per kg body weight. [1][2][3]

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497353 [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22150425 [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19927027/

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