Relative to Freddy’s post #14: wouldn’t 100 grams of meat be closer to 3.5 ounces than 14 oz. of meat? Not that I’d complain about eating more–just for the sake of accuracy.

Barb

Hi Barb–

100 grams of meat is 3.5 ounces.  But I was talking about meat in terms of grams of protein per ounce.  One ounce of meat contains about 7 grams of protein, and leucine makes up about 8 percent of meat protein, so to get at least 8 grams of leucine, one would have to eat 100 grams of meat protein.  So, if an ounce contains 7 grams, you would divide 7 into 100 giving you about 14, which is the number of ounces of meat that would contain 8 grams of leucine.

Clear as mud, right?

Cheers–

MRE 

I’ve had my home broken into 4 times, and I agree, it’s weird what they take. One took a VCR, but didn’t take the remote (wired kind). Another only took my cable box!!

I now have a security system installed!

Hi Cindy–

We, too, have a security system.  Let’s hope that stops it for all of us.

Cheers–

MRE 

So would this mean folks that as Olestra is a fat substitute, if i’ve understood correctly, then roughly 18 chips would have the self same 10gms of Olestra, please ?

supachramp at yahoo.com

thanks much

Hi Simon–

I’ve done a bit of mucking around in the medical literature on your behalf.  I can’t find anything that tells me specifically how much olestra is in the Lay’s chips, or anything else for that matter.  I went to the store and looked at a bag of them.  The label has a box comparing the olestra version to the regular version, and says that an ounce of the regular chips contains about 10 grams of fat while the olestra version contains none.  Looking at the ingredients, it appears that the olestra is the only difference.  Based on this I would say that an ounce of chips (about 20 according to the bag) contains about 10 grams of olestra.

I’ll keep looking to see if I can find anything more specific.  If anyone out there knows, let us know.

Thanks–

MRE 

Since Dr Eades post about it the other day i was curious and i canny find it.

Any pointers would be helpful as the Lays sites i’ve seen are not helpful at all !

Sinc

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Barb

Hahahahahahaha! 

Thanks a lot

Hi Freddy–

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.  I’m pretty sure that you have lost lean body mass.  The best way to put on lean body mass is to eat meat.   You need to get at least 8-12 grams of leucine per day.  Leucine is an amino acid that more or less coordinates the synthesis of lean body mass, and about 8-12 grams per day is required to do it.  Meat protein is about 8 percent leucine, so you need to eat at least 100 grams of meat per day (about 14 ounces) to get the minimum 8 grams of leucine.  Whey protein isolate has more leucine–about 13 percent–so if you want to have a shake with whey protein isolate, that will boost your leucine as well.

If you eat a low-carb diet with plenty of meat, you should lose fat and gain lean mass without having to worry about calories.

Cheers–

MRE 

Hmmm.  I wonder how many skid-marked skivies you’ll have to paw through to find the one with money?

Good luck.

MRE 

I certainly wouldn’t.  I wouldn’t even burgle a house if I thought there was a cat in it.  I’m too allergic to them.

Cheers–

MRE