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muesli and protein
Reading the protein thread got me thinking about folk saying muesli for
breakfast isnt good on its own and should add some protein to make it better. Reading the label for my muesli - 'alpen no added sugar' - it gives approx 11 gram of protein for 100 grams of muesli which is how much I have + milk so isnt that enough? ... It is certainly working for me and I dont crave food during the mornings. My lunch time sandwiches are usually of tuna/sweetcorn or tuna/salad types or if no tuna or salmon available I go for the roasted chicked sandwiches so I get protein there too and also on my evening meal. Anyway, I havent re-weighed yet after my first weigh in last week but plan to re-weigh on fri morning to get my first reading on how its going. Since last thursday I have pretty much stuck to 3 meals per day with a snack or two most days and been fairly close to my planned 500 / 800 / 1200 calories per meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner) giving me approx 2500 for each day so will find out on friday how im doing weight wise. Im also taking a complete multivitamin tablet with breakfast every morning to cover anything my diet doesnt bring to the table yet. Weight aside im certainly feeling better generally although that may just be initial pride at being able to stick to it so far (small achievement for some, major achievement for me). Exercise has been lacking, I meant to get swimming but havent although I have had a number of days at work where I have had to move around a lot and do a lot of carrying, lifting, etc (I work in IT setting up networks and maintaning a region of lots of computers and some of this kit is heavy to say the least!) so ive probably had a fair amount of exercise from that but I still want to do proper structured so will push myself to get the baths. Im shutting up now! 350/350/210 |
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The issue is that your body cannot manufacture 8 of the amino acids you need for good health. You have to get them from food. No plant food contains all 8 of these amino acids. You have to mix whole grains with nuts (almonds, pecans) and legumes (beans, peas, peanuts) to get them. You don't have to mix them at the same meal, according to clinical studies. You just have to get them sometime during the day. Any animal food provides all the amino acids your body needs, both the ones you can manufacture and the ones you can't. The other issue is that animal food is the only natural source of cyanocobalamin. You need this to prevent pernicious anemia. Finally, the human body does not absorb the iron in plant foods as well as it absorbs the iron in plant foods. The iron is bound into different chemicals and the human body metabolizes the animal chemical better than the plant chemical. So even fish is a better source of iron than spinach or beans. If this is really how you are eating, you need a wider variety of plant foods in your diet because one thing meat is not good for is fiber. "jas" wrote in message . .. Reading the protein thread got me thinking about folk saying muesli for breakfast isnt good on its own and should add some protein to make it better. Reading the label for my muesli - 'alpen no added sugar' - it gives approx 11 gram of protein for 100 grams of muesli which is how much I have + milk so isnt that enough? ... It is certainly working for me and I dont crave food during the mornings. My lunch time sandwiches are usually of tuna/sweetcorn or tuna/salad types or if no tuna or salmon available I go for the roasted chicked sandwiches so I get protein there too and also on my evening meal. Anyway, I havent re-weighed yet after my first weigh in last week but plan to re-weigh on fri morning to get my first reading on how its going. Since last thursday I have pretty much stuck to 3 meals per day with a snack or two most days and been fairly close to my planned 500 / 800 / 1200 calories per meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner) giving me approx 2500 for each day so will find out on friday how im doing weight wise. Im also taking a complete multivitamin tablet with breakfast every morning to cover anything my diet doesnt bring to the table yet. Weight aside im certainly feeling better generally although that may just be initial pride at being able to stick to it so far (small achievement for some, major achievement for me). Exercise has been lacking, I meant to get swimming but havent although I have had a number of days at work where I have had to move around a lot and do a lot of carrying, lifting, etc (I work in IT setting up networks and maintaning a region of lots of computers and some of this kit is heavy to say the least!) so ive probably had a fair amount of exercise from that but I still want to do proper structured so will push myself to get the baths. Im shutting up now! 350/350/210 |
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The issue is that your body cannot manufacture 8 of the amino acids you need for good health. You have to get them from food. No plant food contains all 8 of these amino acids. You have to mix whole grains with nuts (almonds, pecans) and legumes (beans, peas, peanuts) to get them. You don't have to mix them at the same meal, according to clinical studies. You just have to get them sometime during the day. Any animal food provides all the amino acids your body needs, both the ones you can manufacture and the ones you can't. The other issue is that animal food is the only natural source of cyanocobalamin. You need this to prevent pernicious anemia. Finally, the human body does not absorb the iron in plant foods as well as it absorbs the iron in plant foods. The iron is bound into different chemicals and the human body metabolizes the animal chemical better than the plant chemical. So even fish is a better source of iron than spinach or beans. If this is really how you are eating, you need a wider variety of plant foods in your diet because one thing meat is not good for is fiber. "jas" wrote in message . .. Reading the protein thread got me thinking about folk saying muesli for breakfast isnt good on its own and should add some protein to make it better. Reading the label for my muesli - 'alpen no added sugar' - it gives approx 11 gram of protein for 100 grams of muesli which is how much I have + milk so isnt that enough? ... It is certainly working for me and I dont crave food during the mornings. My lunch time sandwiches are usually of tuna/sweetcorn or tuna/salad types or if no tuna or salmon available I go for the roasted chicked sandwiches so I get protein there too and also on my evening meal. Anyway, I havent re-weighed yet after my first weigh in last week but plan to re-weigh on fri morning to get my first reading on how its going. Since last thursday I have pretty much stuck to 3 meals per day with a snack or two most days and been fairly close to my planned 500 / 800 / 1200 calories per meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner) giving me approx 2500 for each day so will find out on friday how im doing weight wise. Im also taking a complete multivitamin tablet with breakfast every morning to cover anything my diet doesnt bring to the table yet. Weight aside im certainly feeling better generally although that may just be initial pride at being able to stick to it so far (small achievement for some, major achievement for me). Exercise has been lacking, I meant to get swimming but havent although I have had a number of days at work where I have had to move around a lot and do a lot of carrying, lifting, etc (I work in IT setting up networks and maintaning a region of lots of computers and some of this kit is heavy to say the least!) so ive probably had a fair amount of exercise from that but I still want to do proper structured so will push myself to get the baths. Im shutting up now! 350/350/210 |
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On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:00:06 +0100, jas wrote:
Reading the label for my muesli - 'alpen no added sugar' - it gives approx 11 gram of protein for 100 grams of muesli which is how much I have + milk so isnt that enough? ... It is certainly working for me and I dont crave food during the mornings. My lunch time sandwiches are usually of tuna/sweetcorn or tuna/salad types or if no tuna or salmon available I go for the roasted chicked sandwiches so I get protein there too and also on my evening meal. It sounds like you're getting plenty of protein. I think your breakfast sounds fine; your cereal has more protein than most. Anyway, I havent re-weighed yet after my first weigh in last week but plan to re-weigh on fri morning to get my first reading on how its going. It sounds like you're doing well. I'm eager to hear how the weigh-in goes! Chris 262/139/ (145-150) |
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On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:00:06 +0100, jas wrote:
Reading the label for my muesli - 'alpen no added sugar' - it gives approx 11 gram of protein for 100 grams of muesli which is how much I have + milk so isnt that enough? ... It is certainly working for me and I dont crave food during the mornings. My lunch time sandwiches are usually of tuna/sweetcorn or tuna/salad types or if no tuna or salmon available I go for the roasted chicked sandwiches so I get protein there too and also on my evening meal. It sounds like you're getting plenty of protein. I think your breakfast sounds fine; your cereal has more protein than most. Anyway, I havent re-weighed yet after my first weigh in last week but plan to re-weigh on fri morning to get my first reading on how its going. It sounds like you're doing well. I'm eager to hear how the weigh-in goes! Chris 262/139/ (145-150) |
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You're doing great, jas. I wouldn't worry about the protein as it looks as
if you're doing just fine. The muesli has more protein than most cereals. Beverly "jas" wrote in message . .. Reading the protein thread got me thinking about folk saying muesli for breakfast isnt good on its own and should add some protein to make it better. Reading the label for my muesli - 'alpen no added sugar' - it gives approx 11 gram of protein for 100 grams of muesli which is how much I have + milk so isnt that enough? ... It is certainly working for me and I dont crave food during the mornings. My lunch time sandwiches are usually of tuna/sweetcorn or tuna/salad types or if no tuna or salmon available I go for the roasted chicked sandwiches so I get protein there too and also on my evening meal. Anyway, I havent re-weighed yet after my first weigh in last week but plan to re-weigh on fri morning to get my first reading on how its going. Since last thursday I have pretty much stuck to 3 meals per day with a snack or two most days and been fairly close to my planned 500 / 800 / 1200 calories per meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner) giving me approx 2500 for each day so will find out on friday how im doing weight wise. Im also taking a complete multivitamin tablet with breakfast every morning to cover anything my diet doesnt bring to the table yet. Weight aside im certainly feeling better generally although that may just be initial pride at being able to stick to it so far (small achievement for some, major achievement for me). Exercise has been lacking, I meant to get swimming but havent although I have had a number of days at work where I have had to move around a lot and do a lot of carrying, lifting, etc (I work in IT setting up networks and maintaning a region of lots of computers and some of this kit is heavy to say the least!) so ive probably had a fair amount of exercise from that but I still want to do proper structured so will push myself to get the baths. Im shutting up now! 350/350/210 |
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You're doing great, jas. I wouldn't worry about the protein as it looks as
if you're doing just fine. The muesli has more protein than most cereals. Beverly "jas" wrote in message . .. Reading the protein thread got me thinking about folk saying muesli for breakfast isnt good on its own and should add some protein to make it better. Reading the label for my muesli - 'alpen no added sugar' - it gives approx 11 gram of protein for 100 grams of muesli which is how much I have + milk so isnt that enough? ... It is certainly working for me and I dont crave food during the mornings. My lunch time sandwiches are usually of tuna/sweetcorn or tuna/salad types or if no tuna or salmon available I go for the roasted chicked sandwiches so I get protein there too and also on my evening meal. Anyway, I havent re-weighed yet after my first weigh in last week but plan to re-weigh on fri morning to get my first reading on how its going. Since last thursday I have pretty much stuck to 3 meals per day with a snack or two most days and been fairly close to my planned 500 / 800 / 1200 calories per meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner) giving me approx 2500 for each day so will find out on friday how im doing weight wise. Im also taking a complete multivitamin tablet with breakfast every morning to cover anything my diet doesnt bring to the table yet. Weight aside im certainly feeling better generally although that may just be initial pride at being able to stick to it so far (small achievement for some, major achievement for me). Exercise has been lacking, I meant to get swimming but havent although I have had a number of days at work where I have had to move around a lot and do a lot of carrying, lifting, etc (I work in IT setting up networks and maintaning a region of lots of computers and some of this kit is heavy to say the least!) so ive probably had a fair amount of exercise from that but I still want to do proper structured so will push myself to get the baths. Im shutting up now! 350/350/210 |
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