Quote:
Originally Posted by triggey
it could be that 30 grams of protein at one meal sounded reasonable, so nutritionists started using that.
|
You know, you're absolutely right. It could have also have been an offhand comment by a very respected nutritionist or something one wrote in a book. I just read a very interesting research review (or lack thereof) on the whole H2O 8x8 thing. We've all heard it. Eight ounces of water eight times a day. Now of course we need lots of liquid but it turns out there is NO actual research or physiological basis for this advice in normal healthy people. As far as the reasearchers could tell it was just some comment that got taken out of context and adopted as the prevaling wisdom. Likely something like that could have happened with the thirty grams protein thing.
Here it is if anyone is interested.
http://intl-ajpregu.physiology.org/c...ull/283/5/R993