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This is the standard way this is discussed. Most people aim for 1 gram of protein per 1 lb of body weight.
by dukeofdoom 6y ago
This is the standard way this is discussed. Most people aim for 1 gram of protein per 1 lb of body weight.
- chrisseaton 6y agoYeah but I mean why mix imperial and metric units in the same situation? Seems mind-bending and error-prone.
- rco8786 6y agoBecause (at least in the US) we weigh ourselves in pounds and weigh protein by the gram. That’s kinda of the long and the short of it lol.
- swsieber 6y agoSomebody made a humorous flowchart about using imperial vs metric: https://preview.redd.it/k1brffgbngk31.png?width=681&format=png&auto=webp&s=8cc428c345b687a3f79d8e481561781f38d0630e https://preview.redd.it/k1brffgbngk31.png?width=681&format=p... There a lot of situations I can imagine from that flowchart where you mix systes in a single sentence.
- bitexploder 6y agoIt’s just a common heuristic. It’s not like it’s used for much other than a staring point for how much protein to consume.
- dukeofdoom 6y agoI'm from Canada we mix both units all the time, or maybe its just me. But I think this has to do with most foods being labeled with grams, its easier to add in decimal. But most people weigh themselves in lbs.
- GavinMcG 6y agoBecause mixing units but keeping coefficients 1:1 means there's no math, as long as you measure your bodyweight in pounds and have a way of measuring your protein in grams (which food packaging does, even in the U.S.). Mixing coefficients instead of units means you need to express it as 2.2g/kg which means having to do a calculation, or two calculations if you need to convert your bodyweight from pounds to kilograms.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoCan you explain what you think is confusing about 1g per 1lb? I suspect you're cargo culting "never mix units!" without realizing that the advice is talking about denominating the same thing in different units (thus having to do conversion). I'd be curious to see your explanation of the mind bending and error prone nature of "ok, I weigh 200lbs and now I will ensure I get 200g of protein today" and the exact scenario where you think it would pose a problem. Frankly I think you'd realize it doesn't exist.
- chrisseaton 6y agoBecause if you're in a country that measures in metric you have to convert one side from imperial, and if you're in a country that measures in imperial you have to convert one side from metric.
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- danaliv 6y agoIt’s a 1:1 ratio with those units. Hard to imagine anything less mind-bending/error-prone. Set your body scale to pounds and your food scale to grams. Done.
- kitrose 6y ago1. Because it lines up well with the portion size 2. It’s not like you’re using the same scale to weigh yourself and the protein powder
- bitexploder 6y agoMost people perform the calculation on lean mass. Overweight people don’t need 300g of protein, for example.