Protein Conspiracy Theory

[Guest guest]

This might be old news to many of you, but I ask the question

nonetheless:

 

Why do Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) labels indicate daily

percentages for Carbs and Fat but *not* for Protein?

 

Is it because the meat/dairy industries don't want people to look at the

label and say, " huh... if I drink this glass of milk and have a

cheeseburger for lunch I'll pretty much take care of my protein needs

for the day. I don't need to eat/drink so much protein it seems. I think

I'll have some vegetables for dinner. "

 

?

 

~Caity

[Guest guest]

I don't think it's any conspiracy on the part of the dairy or meat

industries. A nutrition textbook I have says, " Protein generally will not

show a %Daily Value because determining %Daily Value would require expensive

testing of protein quality of the product by the manufacturer. "

 

Jack

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" Caity McCardell " <caity

" SFBA-Veg "

Friday, February 21, 2003 7:35 AM

[sFBAVeg] Protein Conspiracy Theory

 

 

> This might be old news to many of you, but I ask the question

> nonetheless:

>

> Why do Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) labels indicate daily

> percentages for Carbs and Fat but *not* for Protein?

>

> Is it because the meat/dairy industries don't want people to look at the

> label and say, " huh... if I drink this glass of milk and have a

> cheeseburger for lunch I'll pretty much take care of my protein needs

> for the day. I don't need to eat/drink so much protein it seems. I think

> I'll have some vegetables for dinner. "

>

> ?

>

> ~Caity

>

>

>

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