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What is the nutritional conversion of Grams to Oz of Protein?

RaeRaeSchell
RaeRaeSchell Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
my weight loss counselor has told me to eat 10 oz of protein a day, but with the general calculation of grams to oz that's means I need 280 g of protein. That doesn't seem right, she says every 7 g of protein is equal to 1 oz of protein, but that doesn't sound correct either. . .. Can you help Clarify

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  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    My guess? She means eat 10 oz of a protein source, such as beef, chicken, or pork - or some non-meat protein source, like tofu. Meaning, essentially, you could eat 4 oz of chicken at lunch and 6 oz of steak at dinner. That's just one example.

    That's just a guess. I'd recommend asking her to clarify.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited January 2017
    You would really need to ask your weight loss counselor to be sure what she meant.

    What I think she's referring to is that protein foods aren't 100% protein. 10 oz of a food with protein wouldn't equate to 10 oz of protein.

    For example, 140 grams of chicken breast has 43 grams of protein.

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    It's what my mom's boyfriend's dietitian told him too... I shook my head. Yeah, I assume it means 10oz of protein SOURCE, but it's still extremely vague - raw? cooked? lean only?

    But yeah, 10oz of chicken would be 86g of protein, which is probably the norm for what most dietitians recommend to their clients.
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