Re: Protein-Interesting Article

February 8, 2004

Candi -Thanks for this. It's really helpful. I wonder if there is

a way to figure out how much malapsorption happens. I'm having RNY

proximal, so I guess it isn't nearly as much as DS or RNY-distal.

I guess we'd have to add that on top of what the " normal " digestive

system requires.

Thanks again

Jayne

Lap RNY, w/choly

3/12/04

> Last time I saw my PCM we talked about the protein issue. I was

telling him

> about how we were all being told different number of grams per day

needed

> and he said he would mail me an article that was in the Journal of

Medicine

> that would explain it better to me. I had forgotten about it but

it arrived

> today. It's four pages long so I am not even going to type it out

but here

> is the point that I believe explains why we keep hearing different

numbers.

> This information comes from Stanford Hospital-Department of

Nutritional

> Medicine.

>

> The average American requires 0.36 grams of high quality protein

(such as

> chicken, fish, tofu and legumes) per pound of body weight. This

amount is

> necessary to maintain lean muscle mass and avoid " muscle

wasting " . An

> extremely active person or an " athlete " needs additional protein

(also high

> quality) and should strive to take in quantities equal to 0.43

grams per

> pound of body weight.

>

> So I guess depending on your body weight the amount of protein

needed per

> day should be different for each of us.

>

> Candi

February 8, 2004