Thread: counting protein

Originally Posted by asspappy

Just currious, when I count my calories and Im adding up my protein I always add in the protein from my carbs. So if I need to eat 262g in protein and my actual protein alone is 209g but I add in 55g from oats, bread, pasta, yams. Should I count the protein from carbs or add in more protein from meats etc.

Its really simple...track the total grams of protein, carbohydrate, and fat you consume daily. The importance of the source of each of these will be based on the type of diet you are using.

your body doesnt care what is contributing the protein, as long as it is a healthy source of protein.

oats have 5g of protein per half cup dry i believe
that means if you consume a 50g protein shake, and a half cup of oats(5g)
you would count a total of 55g

if the nutritional facts say 1g, that could be as little as .5g and if your not extremely accurate when you measure, this could mean even less, so i typically dont worry about those, although technically it does count

if the label sais "10g not a significant source of protein" i typically dont even bother eating it...

now that i mention it... i dont even eat very many foods with labels anyhow.

I agree measure your daily dosages and calculate the amount ....buy all means don take more then recommended dosages...lol

What are the foods that contain significant amount of protein?

Originally Posted by dokyosbest

What are the foods that contain significant amount of protein?

dokyosbest your answer.......as a source highly of nutritious health food for protein intake here are my favorites.
Meet categories Chix, Organic beef, organic pork,
Fish Categories Ahi, Mahi mahi, yellow fin tuna, salmon, hallibit, albacore tuna,

Green vegetables that contain protein - The king is spinach others are- kale- green leafy types like romaine lettuce, organic mixed greens,
another great source is brown rice for clean carbohydrate intake...

Another source of lean proteins are collards, kale.
Also try peanut butter particularly organic it contains higher ratios of essential fatty acids.....
another really great source of protein of choice would Fish oil preferably a Pharmaceutical grade fish oil they are loaded with essential fatty acids that encourage the lean proteins into the the body.......... fish oil is now becoming more and more popular amongst the body building ages....also whey proteins work very well lol hope that helps

Quick simple answer - yes you count the protein from all sources. Not all non-animal proteins are "complete", meaning your body cannot make much use of them alone but combined with other foods they become complete anyway.


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