"The Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) said people in Britain ate
well below the 160g per day consumption levels that were used to
class high intake in the study."
Bully for Britain, then - the average American would consider "well
below" 160 g/day of meat to be starvation!
"the risk for people who ate one portion or more of fish every other
day was nearly a third lower than those who ate fish less than once a
week."
This is a common conclusion of such studies. (Sorry, montygram)
TC - 15 Jun 2005 17:57 GMT
> "The Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) said people in Britain ate
> well below the 160g per day consumption levels that were used to
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>
> This is a common conclusion of such studies. (Sorry, montygram)
Holy moly, 160 grams per day?!
I've been on a dreaded high-protein diet (as in lifestyle, woe) for
almost 7 years now and my protein intake rarely exceeds 120 grams of
all proteins in one day and they are never, ever all red meat in one
day.
160 grams of red meat is not what a typical person would eat, ever.
TC
Robert Klute - 15 Jun 2005 18:34 GMT
>160 grams of red meat is not what a typical person would eat, ever.
That's about 5 1/2 oz a day, isn't it?
nospam@aol.com - 15 Jun 2005 18:49 GMT
>>160 grams of red meat is not what a typical person would eat, ever.
>
>That's about 5 1/2 oz a day, isn't it?
Maybe they were talking about 160 grams of protein from beef. Beef contains
about 20% protein. That would be about 25 oz. beef.
Ora
TC - 15 Jun 2005 18:55 GMT
> >160 grams of red meat is not what a typical person would eat, ever.
>
> That's about 5 1/2 oz a day, isn't it?
One ounce of meat contains approx. 7 grams of protein.
TC
John Sankey - 15 Jun 2005 18:40 GMT
"my protein intake rarely exceeds 120 grams of all proteins in one
day and they are never, ever all red meat in one day."
I think there may be a confusion here between meat and protein.
According to the USDA, pure American beef, even boneless and trimmed
of all fat, is only 20% total proteins (cf. their NDB No 13956). The
study quoted referred to total red meat consumption, and didn't
mention how much trimming of that meat was involved (e.g. zero in
'hamburger').