By meeting
average daily protein requirements -LRB-.7 — 1 gram per pound of lean bodyweight formula), eating nutritious vegetables and fruits (easy to stay in 50 - 100 gram range, even with generous servings), and staying satisfied with delicious high fat foods (meat, fish, eggs, nuts, seeds), you can lose one to two pounds of body fat per week and then keep it off forever by eating in the maintenance range.
As I covered previously, those eating plant - based diets average about twice the estimated
average daily protein requirement.
Not exact matches
For our lovely lady aged 31 years, who needs 37g of
protein per day on
average, she's already hit almost half of her
daily requirements in on single plant - based meal.
* The
daily requirement for
protein varies based on a person's activity level, age and weight, but on
average starts around 50 grams for adults.
Making your sandwich with half a can of tuna adds 21 grams of
protein to your meal, or approximately 35 percent of the
daily protein requirements of an
average 150 - pound individual, according to the Iowa State University Extension.
The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences has established a «Recommended
Daily Allowance» (RDA) 3 for
protein (see Figure 2), but it is important to recognize that no set allowance, based on
averages, can speak for the widely differing
requirements of individuals.
It's been very enlightening — I've learned that on
average, I need to be getting a little bit more calcium, iron, potassium, and vitamin E. I've also learned that whoever thinks vegans are
protein deficient is officially dead wrong — I've been meeting my
daily protein requirements every single day by lunchtime without even trying!»