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The UK and US only recommend about 60g of protein a day for males which is easy to hit and I specifically mentioned non-althetes. > You'd pretty much have to e
by seanwilson 3y ago
The UK and US only recommend about 60g of protein a day for males which is easy to hit and I specifically mentioned non-althetes.
> You'd pretty much have to eat some kind of fermented soy product every day to get enough protein through semi-normal meals, which is workable I guess though very boring.
Althetes eat pretty weird and repetitively anyway, lots of chicken and protein shakes. TVP, seitan, tofu and tempeh are versatile, and there's plant based protein shakes too.
- kelipso 3y agoCall it my opinion but 60g is way too low and adult males should have at least 90g protein. I'm not an athlete but I lift somewhat regularly and I'm trying to hit at least 120g.
- seanwilson 3y ago> Call it my opinion but 60g is way too low and adult males should have at least 90g protein. For the average person that doesn't lift somewhat regularly, I think this means you're disagreeing with the health professionals from Canada, UK, US and more here. What bad thing is meant to happen if the average person doesn't eat this much protein?
- kelipso 3y ago> means you're disagreeing with the health professionals from Canada, UK, US and more here. The horror > What bad thing is meant to happen if the average person doesn't eat this much protein? 60g (12% of a 2000 cal diet) is the low end of the recommended 10 to 35% protein intake by these organizations anyway. Low end is getting to barely preventing muscle wastage territory. Plenty of upsides and no downsides to taking more protein while plenty of downsides to not taking enough protein. Do your own googling I guess, not particularly interested in convincing you.