OK, maybe I'm just not getting it, but it seems that pretty much most of the whole food protein sources out there that account for a lot of protein all have a good amount of cholesterol. now this isn't about whether or not dietary cholesterol has any impact on your blood levels, I just don't think long term it's a good idea to have a lot daily regardless.
Let's assume you want to eat around 40g of protein per meal, for 6 meals a day, for a total of around 240g a day (which is probably low for some people). If you consume only 100g of that from powder, you have 140 to make up with food. Beef, chicken, pork, etc, all seem to have high cholesterol for the amounts we are talking about. Eggs are off the chart. To get 40g of protein out of meat, you are talking 125-150mg cholesterol, so triple that plus some to get 140g protein, and you're looking at 450-500mg right there. Plus anything else you eat in your fats or carbs. to me that seems high and not too healthy to be doing long term.
anyone have any ideas? I know whey protein isolate has less than 5mg cholesterol per 24g protein or thereabouts. Maybe it makes sense to have instead of 8oz meat per meal (for example) to only have 4oz of meat and supplement with a scoop of whey per meal? then you might be looking at 175 or so grams of protein per day from whey protein and maybe only 100 or so from meat, and at those numbers, you are at only 375ish mg of cholesterol from meat instead of almost 500.
of course it probably isn't the most cost effective way to eat, but then again, if it's healthier it's worth it right? Or do I have no idea what I'm talking about (which is quite possibly true)?
Let's assume you want to eat around 40g of protein per meal, for 6 meals a day, for a total of around 240g a day (which is probably low for some people). If you consume only 100g of that from powder, you have 140 to make up with food. Beef, chicken, pork, etc, all seem to have high cholesterol for the amounts we are talking about. Eggs are off the chart. To get 40g of protein out of meat, you are talking 125-150mg cholesterol, so triple that plus some to get 140g protein, and you're looking at 450-500mg right there. Plus anything else you eat in your fats or carbs. to me that seems high and not too healthy to be doing long term.
anyone have any ideas? I know whey protein isolate has less than 5mg cholesterol per 24g protein or thereabouts. Maybe it makes sense to have instead of 8oz meat per meal (for example) to only have 4oz of meat and supplement with a scoop of whey per meal? then you might be looking at 175 or so grams of protein per day from whey protein and maybe only 100 or so from meat, and at those numbers, you are at only 375ish mg of cholesterol from meat instead of almost 500.
of course it probably isn't the most cost effective way to eat, but then again, if it's healthier it's worth it right? Or do I have no idea what I'm talking about (which is quite possibly true)?
