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Originally Posted by ginkgo  How many pounds is 225 grams? Do you have any idea since you do not eat food by the gram but you eat food by the pound. I go to buffet cafes where they charge you for the food by the pound (like $8 a pound). 225 grams is a half a pound of protein. 225 / 28 (grams per ounce) = 8.05 ounces. This cardiologogist turned down a 1 and a half pounf of steak since she was watching her cholesterol in another post of mine. That is 1 pound of protein right there or 450 grams. Joel Fuhrman, MD says that Americans eat 5 times the protein that they need. American Dietetic Association says that vegans eat twice the protein that they need.
You can picture a 1 and half pound of steak right? What if the menu said a 672 gram steak? Would you have any idea of what that is? They are the same. So 225 sounds like a lot more than a half a pound. |
Like RR pointed out, your calculations are off. By weight a steak is mostly fat and "stuff" that gets removed as waste. A decent size piece of lean steak is around 50 gr protein. A double quarter pounder is exactly 50 gr protein.
It's obvious to me, despite what "studies" say, that:
1. Studies are often wrong when it comes to nutrition
2. 1.5 gr protein per lb of lean bodyweight is well tested with 30 or 40 years of use by athletes. But I only jump in here because I have my own experience. When my protein gets below that ratio I lose muscle. I think many vegans obviously go below that ratio and have stick-like bodies.
The only muscular vegans I've seen are folks who consume high amounts of soy protein.
I'm not putting down the skinny look and there may be folks out there who were already skinny then became vegan and didn't actually lose any further muscle. My experience is really only with people who have built up their physiques with exercise. So at least in that case I find high protein to be a component.
But it is kind of weird to hear about studies saying people eat too much protein. Considering it's well known that weight gain is mainly from crazy amounts of complex and simple carbs we consume. Plus high amounts of fat from things like pizza, fatty meats, fried foods, cream, butter. Millions of people start their day with donuts and coffee with high cream and sugar. Then drink soda all day and eat a junk food lunch and supper.
It's hard to eat too much protein anyway. Who ever overeats egg whites, fish, chicken or even steak? It's not the steak in that meal it's the carbs from the beer, french fries, bread, and dessert that make the meal into "overeating".
On top of that most of the time extra protein can't turn into bodyfat!!!
It's broken down into carbon, hydrogen and uric acid. It takes a certain hormone balance to convert protein into fat. A balance that isn't found when the body is well fed.
All you have to do is go to the gym for 1 year. Build up some muscle. Then experiment with different protein ratios. Then you will see how the current ideas on protein for athletes are correct.