Protein information!!!

Eve23

Recently I found a "diet" book that is supposed to help you find your perfect diet. Normally I wouldn't even consider looking at them but this one was like $2.00 because it was in the get rid of quick basket at the grocery store. So I picked it up.

Well to make the story short I have found some very good information I thought I would share.

According to this book, you should have a minimum of .3 grams of protein per pound of body weight. For optimal amounts you should have .7 grams per pound of body weight.

Make sure you are drinking your water.

Here are some other things that relate to proteins. Some of you may already know but I thought it was interesting information.

Less than 200mg of cholesterol per day.
Less than 7% of your diet should come from saturated fats. So on a 1500 calorie diet that would mean 12 grams, on a 1200 calorie diet it would mean 10 grams of saturated fats.

Hope this sheds some new light on the protein questions.

Eve23

Recently I found a "diet" book that is supposed to help you find your perfect diet. Normally I wouldn't even consider looking at them but this one was like $2.00 because it was in the get rid of quick basket at the grocery store. So I picked it up.

Well to make the story short I have found some very good information I thought I would share.

According to this book, you should have a minimum of .3 grams of protein per pound of body weight. For optimal amounts you should have .7 grams per pound of body weight.

Make sure you are drinking your water.

Here are some other things that relate to proteins. Some of you may already know but I thought it was interesting information.

Less than 200mg of cholesterol per day.
Less than 7% of your diet should come from saturated fats. So on a 1500 calorie diet that would mean 12 grams, on a 1200 calorie diet it would mean 10 grams of saturated fats.

Hope this sheds some new light on the protein questions.

SoupNazi

Thanks, Eve. I'm relieved to know that I get no where near 10g saturated fat. Whew.

Eve23

Ok so I didn't sleep well last night and posted this. But with all of the protein posts lately I thought it would be good information to pass along. So you will have to excuse the bump:blushing: but I hope it helps someone.