Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 That would be 31oz - 8oz = 56gr ABO Specifics Inc. - http://www.foodforyourblood.com 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.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 You're confusing protein rich foods with the protein itself. Eat one gram of protein per pound of body weight refers to the protein itself. For example, 4 ounces of beef contains 20-27 grams of protein. You need to look at a table of food composition to find out how much actual protein (or other nutrients) are in each food you are interested in. 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.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 > That would be 31oz - 8oz = 56gr > > I don't understand what you've written. I know that 1 ounce = 28 grams. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 1 oz of protein = 7gr of protein ABO Specifics Inc. - http://www.foodforyourblood.com Re: amount of protein > That would be 31oz - 8oz = 56gr > > I don't understand what you've written. I know that 1 ounce = 28 grams. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 > 1 oz of protein = 7gr of protein > > , what you've written makes a lot more sense to me....So I take 220 (my weight), divide by 7, and get 31 grams of protein per day? Wow, that IS a lot. Just out of curiosity...what conversion is the 1 to 7, since it doesn't seem to be the standard metric conversion I know. (or think I know . > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 If you are trying to eat 220gr of protein (1gr/lb) then you would eat 31 oz of animal protein a day. 31oz x 7 gr = 220 grams of protein (217 gr to be exact) 1 oz of meat/chicken/turkey etc. contains 7 grams of protein. 1 whole egg contains 7 gr of protein 1 can of tuna contains about 33 gr of protein, so you'd eat 6 cans a day to get the required amount of protein for someone that weighs 220lbs. This should make it clear :-) ABO Specifics Inc. - http://www.foodforyourblood.com Re: amount of protein > 1 oz of protein = 7gr of protein > > , what you've written makes a lot more sense to me....So I take 220 (my weight), divide by 7, and get 31 grams of protein per day? Wow, that IS a lot. Just out of curiosity...what conversion is the 1 to 7, since it doesn't seem to be the standard metric conversion I know. (or think I know . > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 > If you are trying to eat 220gr of protein (1gr/lb) then you would eat 31 > oz of animal protein a day. > > > This should make it clear :-) > > and , Thank you so much for the clarification. My goodness, this is a new concept for me I hadn't thought about...the idea that a piece of meat in weight is not equal to its grams of protein. I guess I was thinking meat=protein exclusively (ignoring the fat, etc). I clearly have a really big hole in my nutrition knowledge...so glad I'm here for you to help! So now when you all write that a LOT of protein is important, I know what you mean. Actually, I'm pretty close to it...I've always been a really big animal protein eater. Now I just have to balance it with more green veggies, increase beneficials and avoid avoids :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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