Mike Roussell: So, next we are looking at intakes and recommendations for protein around a little bit but so the average American consumes about 15% of calories from protein, the RDA for protein is 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight so for the average male at 63 grams of protein a day and 50 grams a day for females but so now we talk here is so what is the RDA taking into account and what is the RDA not taking to account.
So, you want to remember, this RDAs are to prevent deficiencies. Right, so this is the amount of protein you need to prevent a deficiency so you have enough protein or essential amino acids what it doesn’t take into account is what’s your optimal intake while RDAs have nothing to do with optimal they have to do more with deficiencies.
So, you know that’s why you get the argument why only need 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight like that’s true that’s all you need but that’s not as fairly the optimal amount for your system.
So, then we look at some other guidelines, the AMDRs or Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range and what this is basically saying is looking at all the bodies of research, what is an acceptable, what’s the range of acceptable protein intakes, looking at kind of all the studies and how much protein people be needing and so that AMDR show that you can have between 10 and 35% of calories from protein, which is kind of right now because we like to be at about 30% of calories from protein.
So even now you know a lot of people get hung up on the RDA but you know we really want to focus on AMDRs because it shows you know that you can within a healthy range you can have this you know within a healthy diet you get that range of carbohydrate intake.
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