amount of protein
Now I’m really confused. I have read over and over about the need
for eating high protein, and guess I have made assumptions about
that. Then I have read here about eating one gram of protein per
body weight per day.
Well, I converted 220 grams to ounces and got 8 oz. Did I do this
wrong? I eat much more than 8 ounces of protein a day. 8 oz does
not seem like a lot to me….is it that my portions must be way
off? I eat at least 4-6 ounces of protein at a time, for lunch and
dinner certainly, then add some eggs for breakfast and some protein
snacks, and now it seems like I’m eating too much protein!!! (I
guess I’ll go back to Dr D’s books and read up, I must have missed
something.)
Cynthia
July 11th, 2007 at 4:27 am
A rough rule of thumb:
7.5 grams protein per OZ of meat
so:
for a 100 pound person, they need to eat 100 grams of protein or 100/7.5=13.3
OZ meat.