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- From: mazur@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur)
- Newsgroups: alt.support.diet
- Subject: Re: Low protein diet...HELP!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.192633.4848@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 19:26:33 GMT
- References: <92321.103001MKLAP@auvm.american.edu>
- Organization: Intermetrics Inc, Cambridge MA
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- In article <92321.103001MKLAP@auvm.american.edu> <MKLAP@auvm.american.edu> writes:
- >My husband was just diagnosed with a kidney disease and has been put
- >on a special diet. This diet allows for 40 grams of protein per day.
- >75% of these grams are to come from foods such as milk, eggs and
- >meat.
-
- This doesn't make much sense to me. This sounds like an artifact of the
- time when non-meat proteins were bad because they didn't contain all
- the essential amino acids.
-
- >Is there some kind of drink supplement that is high
- >in calories/carbohydrates, but does not contain protein? Any
- >ideas would be greatly appreciated.
-
- How about fruits and vegetables? Fruits like bananas and apples give you a
- pretty good calorie hit and have very little protein.
-
- Beth Mazur "...life is more than a vision. The sweetest
- mazur@inmet.inmet.com part is acting after making a decision."
- ...!uunet!inmet!mazur -- The Indigo Girls
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