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[BGChuckLee]

How much exactly is enough protein?

5 1/2 ounces per day, at least. If it's all coming from plant sources, you'll probably need more because the body doesn't process plant protein as well as animal protein (however, for some reason, the body does better with it if you eat beans and rice together than it does if you eat beans alone. Not sure exactly why).

Here's a list of protein foods. Your list has none of these. No, things like apples, bananas and pasta do NOT have protein in them.

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/foodgroups/...table.html

Where are you getting that number from? That's way too much.

The world health organization published a study in the 70s, detailing exactly how much protein we need- it was over 100 pages, and concluded that we need at least 5% of calories to come from protein.

Bananas, and all foods contain protein:

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/frui...ces/1846/2

most fruit contain 4% of calories from protein.

So, I am getting a healthy amount of protein- since my diet is 80/10/10, that's double the required protein recommended by the world health organization.