There is a plethora of information impacting our health that is confusing at best and harmful at worst. How many eggs should we eat? How much protein should we get? Also, oh, by the way, would someone make the gram per kilogram a little easier to understand. There is a plethora of information to impact our health that is purposely confusing at best and downright harmful at worst. Can you take pills to get vitamin D your body will use? How many eggs should we eat daily? How much protein should we get? Also…Oh, by the way, would someone make the gram per kilogram a little easier to understand? This is my objective! To give you the most current, peer reviewed, science based information interpreted with common sense and writing for you by breaking down scientific, medical terminology that are Greek to most of us and literally Latin in origin. Words like: the “Stomata,” “Cholecysto”, or “Entero” These are some of the major parts of our body all dealing with digestion and absorption of food. Stomata is ‘mouth’…who thought it meant ‘stomach’…you are not alone! Cholecysto is the root of cholesterol and it is the name for the gallbladder…yes there is a connection! Entero is all 3 major sections of small intestine.
How much protein should we get? For most people in the world g/kg is common knowledge. For those of us who attended grammar school in America take 0.013 ounces (0.4g) of protein per 1 pound of body! If I weigh 135 pounds then I need about 2.0 ounces of protein per meal daily if I want a healthy body and utilize nothing, but the basic energy expended for breathing, metabolism and the likes…Sedentary category…or couch potato. Here is a handy chart:
Our bones become dense with developed muscle. Basically, your bone-forming cells get activated when muscle growth puts stress on bone. Physical activity helps our bones…imagine that! If I need to build bone density by building more muscle, then I need to increase my protein somewhere between 0.5 (0.018oz) to 0.85grams (0.30oz) or somewhere below Sedentary row! Mature women know what decreased bone density is called and the havoc it causes on quality of life: Osteoporosis and its precursor, Osteopenia.
I talk more about Osteoporosis in Newsletter. How it forms. What pharmaceuticals are offering and ways to mitigate the disease through exercise and food! All this information is credible via real life examples and peer reviewed studies. I do the research and offer simplified information for all the glorious gals out there!
