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Protein recommendations for vegetarians
Vegetarian Journal, May-June, 2003 by Reed Mangels
A recent report used data combined from 19 studies to establish new recommendations for protein intake for adults. One question that was asked was whether people on "vegetable" diets (>90 percent of protein from non animal sources) would have higher protein needs than those whose dietary protein was mainly from animals or from a mix of animals and plants. The source of dietary protein was seen to have little effect on protein requirements. The authors encourage people following plant-based diets to use a variety of protein sources, including legumes, nuts, seeds, and grains, to ensure that needs for essential amino acids are met. They recommend that healthy adults, whether vegetarian or not, get 0.83 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight (or 0.38 grams of protein per pound) daily.
Rand WM, Pellett PL, Young VR. 2003. Meta-analysis of nitrogen balance studies for estimating protein requirements in healthy adults. Am J Clin Nutr 77:109-27.
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