• AA5B@lemmy.world
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      As someone who needs to lose weight, that calculator says my who minimum safe protein is 113 g/day. As a carnivore, I don’t see how I do this on most days.

      I call bs on the claim that most of us get too much protein. Overweight people are less likely to and plant eaters are less likely to.

      The muscle building community recommendations are based on insufficient evidence and are likely too high. I do believe those following them likely to get excessive protein their body can’t use but I don’t see how that generalizes to “most people”

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        2 hours ago

        As a carnivore, I don’t see how I do this on most days.

        450g of beef/chicken per day (if you eat 3x a day thats 150g per meal)

        As someone who needs to lose weight

        consider low carb, its highly effective and can prioritize protein at the same time.

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            1 hour ago

            Fair, I myself only eat once a day, so there is a ton a variability out there. Most people probably eat 6-8 times per day (breakfast, snack, drink, snack, lunch, etc)… but 3 a day seems to be the commonly accepted “normal” pattern

    • greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      It says I should be eating between 67 and 200+ g of protein, because of how much I exercise it should probably be like 150+ and I’m definitely not eating enough protein.