Monday, November 12, 2007
What Is the Low-Protein Diet?
So, since Mike is a different child on a low-protein diet, you might ask me exactly how I am defining low protein.
If you got to a Polycystic Research Foundation Web site, you get this definition: "Your body on average requires .6 gms. of protein / per kg. of bodyweight / per day. This can vary from a low of .45 gms. to a high of .8 gms. of protein (Polycystic Research Foundation Newsletter)."
For Mike who weighs 170 pounds, divide by 2.2 to get 77 kilos, multiply by .6 grams of protein per kg of body weight, and you get 46 grams of protein per day. Other Web sites say to be sure to get adequate supplementation on a low-protein diet, which of course we are!!
And how.
So the trick is to count protein grams. I got a dry erase board to keep track of all his protein and starch servings in a day (green vegs and fruit are free).
We are also not drinking milk or eating white flour. Whole milk yogurt only. Read food labels for protein content.
2 slices bread=7g
1 cup pea soup=12g
1 cup unhomogenized yogurt=10g
1 bite meat, cheese: 4g
2 tablespoons peanut butter: 7 g
1 cup rice milk=1g
1 cup beans= 4g
1 cup brown rice = 2 g
peanut butter and jelly sandwich=14g
2 tsp peanut butter= 7g
If you got to a Polycystic Research Foundation Web site, you get this definition: "Your body on average requires .6 gms. of protein / per kg. of bodyweight / per day. This can vary from a low of .45 gms. to a high of .8 gms. of protein (Polycystic Research Foundation Newsletter)."
For Mike who weighs 170 pounds, divide by 2.2 to get 77 kilos, multiply by .6 grams of protein per kg of body weight, and you get 46 grams of protein per day. Other Web sites say to be sure to get adequate supplementation on a low-protein diet, which of course we are!!
And how.
So the trick is to count protein grams. I got a dry erase board to keep track of all his protein and starch servings in a day (green vegs and fruit are free).
We are also not drinking milk or eating white flour. Whole milk yogurt only. Read food labels for protein content.
2 slices bread=7g
1 cup pea soup=12g
1 cup unhomogenized yogurt=10g
1 bite meat, cheese: 4g
2 tablespoons peanut butter: 7 g
1 cup rice milk=1g
1 cup beans= 4g
1 cup brown rice = 2 g
peanut butter and jelly sandwich=14g
2 tsp peanut butter= 7g
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