Protein

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Milk, grass-fed, organic, sustainable, whole-milk or skimmed?

There is so much to say about real, organic, creamy, grass fed milk, so many myths to be busted and so many nutritional benefits to be described, that my draft articles for this blog could wallpaper the room.  I’m particularly perplexed as to why a freely available, sustainable, humanely harvested and super healthy drink has …

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Scratch Science – protein and greenhouse gas emissions

A new section: I’ve already had an interesting response to this post, which at the time of writing has been up for about 24 hours.  Comments are still open so do go ahead. I’m often tempted to do some number crunching, but always a bit worried in case I get something wrong. So this month …

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Protein

How much protein should I eat? In the UK public health advisors suggest that we eat about 0.75g/protein/kg weight/day.  That means for a 65kg woman, of normal build and average height, you would need about 50g of protein per day.  For a long time, we thought that everyone was eating loads more than this amount, …

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