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Old Sun, May-28-17, 05:55
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Plan: very low carb real food
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Originally Posted by teaser
I seem to do fine, even on a ketogenic diet, at the RDA. I reserve the right to not be typical. Or to increase protein if I stop seeming to do fine.

I might be okay with the RDA for protein if they'd call it the recommenday daily minimum instead, he's right that "allowance" makes it sound like a number you shouldn't go over, when it's intended to be a number you should meet or exceed.


From what I understand all RDA's are considered the minimum necessary to prevent deficiency rather than what is optimal and, of course, there is that pesky problem of context. The necessary intake of any nutrient while eating the SAD may not be the same as the necessary intake while eating ketogenic. I tend to use them, logging my foods on Cron-O-Meter, just because they are the best we have but know that they are not some absolute etched in stone (and of course even stone erodes).
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