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... for pregnant and old people.

ot 3y ago
From TFA: > For everyone else, the RDA should probably be boosted roughly 25% up to 1 gram per kilogram of body weight per day.
- paulcole 3y ago
  But on average, aren’t most people getting enough protein already, regardless of what the RDA is?
  - thsksbd 3y ago
    The RDA is used to set policy for institutions which do effect people. No matter how stupid an "official" recommendation is, institutions take it seriously because following it deflects blame if something happens.
    - safety1st 3y ago
      Also, protein is pretty filling. Boosting the RDA probably filters through to stuff like school lunch programs sooner or later. If school lunches needed to boost protein they'd likely do it at the expense of carbs and fat. Less bread and seed oils, more proteins for the kids - sounds like a win to me.
  - bratwurst3000 3y ago
    most meals are made to have 20-30g of protein. Let’s have western meal of one day Breakfast 2 eggs = 12g Two slice bread 3g First meal Pizza 30g Or Burger 30g Or Fisch 40g With sidedish potatoes 3g more Same for the second meal. So those are around 70-90g of protein. So this is enough for most people. But are most people eating that much? I don’t know. But I know people who can barely scrap money for food…..
    - InSteady 3y ago
      The other aspect is in general people who are strapped for cash also tend to be strapped for time, and the vast majority of junk food and quick premade meals don't have nearly enough protein in them for all the calories they contain. Very easy to end up overloading on low quality carbs and fats while skimping on protein and healthier sources of the former. As a rule the healthier stuff tends to be more expensive and less easily accessible to the busy/poor/stressed consumer (since a proper diet almost always includes a lot of cooking from scratch).
  - Kirby64 3y ago
    RDI/RDA is intended to be the minimum value that would be sufficient for something like 98% of the population to be maximally healthy (ie, no negative side effects). Even if people are exceeding the currently defined limits on average, that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be raised.
jkaplowitz 3y ago
That's not what the article says. It says "generally too low". The mentions of pregnant [people] and old people are preceded by "especially", so it's just more true in their case and not only in their case. Additionally the list following "especially" includes lactating women (not the same thing as pregnant women) as well as children over age 3.
- paulcole 3y ago
  The article also says, “The good news is that Americans are already eclipsing that intake on average, and children appear to be getting plenty of protein, per data collected by the CDC.”
  - readthenotes1 3y ago
    "Pregnant women and older Americans don’t appear to be eating enough, however. " Literally the very next sentence.
    - bannedbybros 3y ago
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  - jkaplowitz 3y ago
    Sure, but the “too low” comment was about the dietary recommendations, not about the actual quantities typically consumed.

ot 3y ago

From TFA: > For everyone else, the RDA should probably be boosted roughly 25% up to 1 gram per kilogram of body weight per day.

paulcole 3y ago
But on average, aren’t most people getting enough protein already, regardless of what the RDA is?
- thsksbd 3y ago
  The RDA is used to set policy for institutions which do effect people. No matter how stupid an "official" recommendation is, institutions take it seriously because following it deflects blame if something happens.
  - safety1st 3y ago
    Also, protein is pretty filling. Boosting the RDA probably filters through to stuff like school lunch programs sooner or later. If school lunches needed to boost protein they'd likely do it at the expense of carbs and fat. Less bread and seed oils, more proteins for the kids - sounds like a win to me.
- bratwurst3000 3y ago
  most meals are made to have 20-30g of protein. Let’s have western meal of one day Breakfast 2 eggs = 12g Two slice bread 3g First meal Pizza 30g Or Burger 30g Or Fisch 40g With sidedish potatoes 3g more Same for the second meal. So those are around 70-90g of protein. So this is enough for most people. But are most people eating that much? I don’t know. But I know people who can barely scrap money for food…..
  - InSteady 3y ago
    The other aspect is in general people who are strapped for cash also tend to be strapped for time, and the vast majority of junk food and quick premade meals don't have nearly enough protein in them for all the calories they contain. Very easy to end up overloading on low quality carbs and fats while skimping on protein and healthier sources of the former. As a rule the healthier stuff tends to be more expensive and less easily accessible to the busy/poor/stressed consumer (since a proper diet almost always includes a lot of cooking from scratch).
- Kirby64 3y ago
  RDI/RDA is intended to be the minimum value that would be sufficient for something like 98% of the population to be maximally healthy (ie, no negative side effects). Even if people are exceeding the currently defined limits on average, that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be raised.

jkaplowitz 3y ago

That's not what the article says. It says "generally too low". The mentions of pregnant [people] and old people are preceded by "especially", so it's just more true in their case and not only in their case. Additionally the list following "especially" includes lactating women (not the same thing as pregnant women) as well as children over age 3.

paulcole 3y ago
The article also says, “The good news is that Americans are already eclipsing that intake on average, and children appear to be getting plenty of protein, per data collected by the CDC.”
- readthenotes1 3y ago
  "Pregnant women and older Americans don’t appear to be eating enough, however. " Literally the very next sentence.
  - bannedbybros 3y ago
    [dead]
- jkaplowitz 3y ago
  Sure, but the “too low” comment was about the dietary recommendations, not about the actual quantities typically consumed.