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How much protein do you need every day?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3081" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-much-protein-do-you-need-every-day-201506188096" target="_blank"><strong>How much protein do you need every day? - Harvard Health</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Protein is essential to good health. The very origin of the word — from the Greek <em>protos</em>, meaning "first" — reflects protein’s top-shelf status in human nutrition. You need it to put meat on your bones and to make hair, blood, connective tissue, antibodies, enzymes, and more. It’s common for athletes and bodybuilders to wolf down extra protein to bulk up. But the message the rest of us often get is that our daily protein intake is too high.</p><p></p><p>The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein is a modest 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. The RDA is the amount of a nutrient you need to meet your basic nutritional requirements. In a sense, it’s the minimum amount you need to keep from getting sick — not the specific amount you are supposed to eat every day.</p><p></p><p>To determine your daily protein intake, you can multiply your weight in pounds by 0.36, or <a href="https://www.nal.usda.gov/legacy/fnic/dri-calculator/" target="_blank">use this online protein calculator</a>. For a 50-year-old woman who weighs 140 pounds woman and who is sedentary (doesn’t <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/calories-burned-in-30-minutes-of-leisure-and-routine-activities" target="_blank">exercise</a>), that translates into 53 grams of protein a day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3081, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-much-protein-do-you-need-every-day-201506188096'][B]How much protein do you need every day? - Harvard Health[/B][/URL] Protein is essential to good health. The very origin of the word — from the Greek [I]protos[/I], meaning "first" — reflects protein’s top-shelf status in human nutrition. You need it to put meat on your bones and to make hair, blood, connective tissue, antibodies, enzymes, and more. It’s common for athletes and bodybuilders to wolf down extra protein to bulk up. But the message the rest of us often get is that our daily protein intake is too high. The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein is a modest 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. The RDA is the amount of a nutrient you need to meet your basic nutritional requirements. In a sense, it’s the minimum amount you need to keep from getting sick — not the specific amount you are supposed to eat every day. To determine your daily protein intake, you can multiply your weight in pounds by 0.36, or [URL='https://www.nal.usda.gov/legacy/fnic/dri-calculator/']use this online protein calculator[/URL]. For a 50-year-old woman who weighs 140 pounds woman and who is sedentary (doesn’t [URL='https://www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/calories-burned-in-30-minutes-of-leisure-and-routine-activities']exercise[/URL]), that translates into 53 grams of protein a day. [/QUOTE]
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