Increasing Protein Intake After Age 65
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2016-08-24

What is the optimal source and amount of protein for senior citizens?

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A study that purported to show that diets high in meat, eggs, and dairy could be as harmful to health as smoking? If you missed it, please see the previous video: Animal Protein Compared to Cigarette Smoking (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/animal-protein-compared-to-cigarette-smoking).

Protein is so misunderstood. For more on the optimal amount of protein, see Do Vegetarians Get Enough Protein? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-vegetarians-get-enough-protein/) and The Great Protein Fiasco (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-great-protein-fiasco).

For more on the optimal source of protein, see
• Prostate Cancer Survival: The A/V Ratio (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/prostate-cancer-survival-the-av-ratio)
• Methionine Restriction as a Life Extension Strategy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/protein-puberty-and-pollutants)
• Which Type of Protein is Better for Our Kidneys? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-type-of-protein-is-better-for-our-kidneys)
• Caloric Restriction vs. Plant-Based Diets (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/caloric-restriction-vs-plant-based-diets/)
• Putrefying Protein and “Toxifying” Enzymes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/putrefying-protein-and-toxifying-enzymes/)

But isn’t plant protein incomplete? See The Protein Combining Myth (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-protein-combining-myth). 

This is the video I referred to about buffering the acid in our blood: Testing Your Diet with Pee & Purple Cabbage (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/testing-your-diet-with-pee-purple-cabbage/). For more on acid/base balance see: 
• Stool pH and Colon Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/stool-ph-and-colon-cancer/)
• Protein Source: An Acid Test for Kidney Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/protein-source-an-acid-test-for-kidney-function/)
• How to Treat Kidney Stones with Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-treat-kidney-stones-with-diet/)

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