Food Science

Let me teach you something small on food science today.

Don’t hate eggs. Eat them in plenty.

Your daily protein requirement is about 2 times your body weight.

If you are weighing 70kgs, you will need 140g of protein a day.

One egg has an average of about 6g of protein.

This will mean 140÷6= 23eggs every day.

Now this is if your only source of protein is eggs. If you combine with other animal proteins, it will go down.

Remember, this is at resting state. So, allow me to break it even further. I will talk about BMR(Basal metabolic rate). The energy you require at rest.

This is calculated Mifflin-St Joer Formular.

BMR = (10 × weight in kg) + (6.25 × height in cm) − (5 × age) + 5

For a 30-year-old man weighing 70 kg, with a height of 175 cm;

BMR = (10 × 70) + (6.25 × 175) − (5 × 30) + 5

BMR = 700 + 1093.75 − 150 + 5

BMR = 1,649 kcal/day

This means that even if he lay in bed all day doing nothing, his body would burn about 1,650 kcal daily just to keep the heart beating, lungs breathing, kidneys filtering blood, liver detoxifying, and brain functioning.

1 egg has about 75 kcal.

Lean beef has about 200kcal

Fatty beef has about 350 kcal

Can you calculate how much eggs, lean beef or fatty meat this person needs at rest?

See you in the comment section.