Protein grams per day rule of thumb...?
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kathryn
Cathlete
>Take your weight in lbs and divide by 2.2 to get it into
>kilograms. Then multiply that by 0.8 to get how many grams of
>protein per day. A few grams over is good, but going too high
>stresses the kidneys too much
Or if that's too much math, ;-) aim for somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of your body weight (in pounds) in grams of protein per day.
>kilograms. Then multiply that by 0.8 to get how many grams of
>protein per day. A few grams over is good, but going too high
>stresses the kidneys too much
Or if that's too much math, ;-) aim for somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of your body weight (in pounds) in grams of protein per day.
kathryn
Cathlete
>so 1/2 of 130=65g a day? thats alot but it is possible. if
>too much kidney probs, what about not enough protein?
>
>laura
1/2 of one's body weight would be on the high end. (And since the U.S. RDA for protein is based on doubling the amount shown to be necessary for humans to thrive and grow, it's hard to not get enough, unless one eats a lot of processed foods or mainly citrus fruits).
Too much not only leads to kidney problems, but can also throw the immune system off (the IS interprets excess protein as a foreign invader in the body...Andrew Weil talks about this), contribute to osteoporosis from leaching alkaline minerals like calcium from the body or from food, and create an acidic environment in the body (more and more health care professionals are thinking that acid environments promote diseases, especially cancer. A former Nobel prize winner in science--name escapes me now...was it Linus Pauling?..showed that cancer cannot thrive in an alkaline environment).
>too much kidney probs, what about not enough protein?
>
>laura
1/2 of one's body weight would be on the high end. (And since the U.S. RDA for protein is based on doubling the amount shown to be necessary for humans to thrive and grow, it's hard to not get enough, unless one eats a lot of processed foods or mainly citrus fruits).
Too much not only leads to kidney problems, but can also throw the immune system off (the IS interprets excess protein as a foreign invader in the body...Andrew Weil talks about this), contribute to osteoporosis from leaching alkaline minerals like calcium from the body or from food, and create an acidic environment in the body (more and more health care professionals are thinking that acid environments promote diseases, especially cancer. A former Nobel prize winner in science--name escapes me now...was it Linus Pauling?..showed that cancer cannot thrive in an alkaline environment).