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Kashi Protein Calculator - How much protein is right for me?

I came across this today and gave it a try. It gave me an obscene (meaning way more Protein than I could consume in a day) protein recommendation.

Kashi Protein Calculator

What do you folks make of this?

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    I feel like nutrition recommendations from a commercial cereal company can safely be disregarded. Lol. Its Kashi, not John Hopkins University lol.

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    I feel like nutrition recommendations from a commercial cereal company can safely be disregarded. Lol. Its Kashi, not John Hopkins University lol.

    Indeed! By no means was I considering it the be all and end all of Protein recommendations. I guess I was just more shocked by the number it calculated. :blink:

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    That is crazy!!! Said I needed 171 grams a day ... how many calories would that be??? I will stick to my doctors recommendation LOL

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    It told me I only need 44 grams of Protein

    Weird -__-

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    That is crazy!!! Said I needed 171 grams a day ... how many calories would that be??? I will stick to my doctors recommendation LOL

    Very crazy. That would be 684 calories. I will definitely be sticking to my doctor's recommendation, also!

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    Its that kind of pandering that has gotten our society into this whole poor health epidemic in the first place. Which the "healthcare" and pharmaceutical companies enjoy financially in spades.

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    Its that kind of pandering that has gotten our society into this whole poor health epidemic in the first place. Which the "healthcare" and pharmaceutical companies enjoy financially in spades.

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