The high-protein foods that aren’t what they seem
Step away from the junk!
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Seriously? High Protein candy bars and loaded cookie dough ice cream? :lol:
10% of energy from protein? Protein RDAs are the MINIMUM needed to prevent frank deficiencies, same as other nutrients, they are not an upper limit. Quoting retired dieticians and food companies doesn’t convince me. from IOF: "Although acid loading or a high protein diet is associated with increased urinary calcium excretion, which may be related to higher intestinal calcium absorption, higher protein intakes, whatever their origin (animal or vegetable), do not appear to be harmful for bone health. In fact, in the elderly, insufficient dietary protein intakes may be a more severe problem than protein excess [1]." |
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Yeah, most of the food they're claiming is high protein is pretty junky stuff. Quote:
Since they're basing the "high protein" claim on the caloric percentage of protein of the given food (not on typical serving size) - essentially anything that has a protein proportion that has always more than met that criteria - they can now actually REDUCE the amount of protein in the product and label it "high protein". No wonder the high protein Chicken Tikka Masala has less than their regular version. Expect more of that to show up in the stores as manufacturers' older stock with a higher protein content is replaced by "high protein" new stock. Quote:
Protein content of Spinach: 2.9 g/100 g rapeseed oil: 0 g/100 g Red peppers: 0.9g/100g No doubt some those are added into the bolognese to reduce the number of overall calories, and boost the percentage of protein to that critical 20% mark. Just as an example of how this can work - I found ingredients and nutrition stats for bolognese on a NZ website. Of course I'm assuming bolognese is made very similarly in the UK: Quote:
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With 112 cals/100 g, 20% of that means they would only need 22.4 calories worth of protein to be considered "high protein". The current product has 42 calories of protein/100 g, so they can easily reduce the beef mince and parmesan by half and make up for the overall volume of food in the jar by using some spinach and red peppers - both of which contribute minute amounts of protein... and Voila - high protein bolognaise with half the protein of the original! JEY - you are spot-on about the recommended protein amounts - They're so pitifully low. In the US the amount of protein per serving is still listed on the package nutrition facts label, but the RDA of protein is not on most foods any more, so it's tough to even figure out what the RDA of protein is in the US - but the FDA website says we only need 50g/day. (which by the way just happens to be the same RDA as added sugars) |
I'm reminded of the Chinese infant formula scandal where they added melamine to increase the protein content of watered down milk.
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Millions of women are 'under-muscled'. These foods help build strength
More :rheart: for high protein foods from NPR Health.
Again 54 g of protein is a Minimum! 115 g is better. The 9 tips are good. Strength training is vital for women's muscle health, but Protein is also key. https://www.npr.org/sections/health...scle-loss-women |
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I had to :bash: at this one: Quote:
Because surely you wouldn't want to eat much meat, just a little of it. :rolleyes: Meaning: Or at least should feel guilty about eating meat. So only eat a little, kay? |
I feed both of us on mostly hamburger and chuck. With a recent craze for rotisserie chicken, because it's hard to find a good source but I did. I add bacon to my chicken wrap/salads. Cheese and yogurt are also staples.
Because I do best with 1 gram of protein for each pound of my healthy weight. Once I do that, choosing from high fat sources to appetite, I don't need much in the way of carbs. Or have the room or craving to eat from that category. Once I've budgeted 3 meals with 40+ grams of protein, I'm happy and satisfied. It is crucial to my healing, too. If anyone is healing from something, follow the current medical advice I actually approve of: get more protein. JEY's posts on protein got me ramping it up, and now I can't imagine going back to relative protein deficiency. |
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