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Recommended daily protein intake too low for the elderly | EurekAlert! Science News
24.05.2017“A big disservice is being done. The prescribed 0.8 g/kg/day just isn’t enough protein for the elderly and people with a clinical condition. This shouldn’t be communicated as what is ‘allowed’ or even ‘recommended’ to eat.”, author Stuart Phillips of McMaster University in Canada explains.
Source: Recommended daily protein intake too low for the elderly | EurekAlert! Science News
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