Getting enough protein when meals got smaller
Protein is usually the first thing to fall off the plate when appetite drops. Here is how to add it back in the smallest amounts that still count, without turning every meal into a project.
What this draws on
These are the reference works this page is being written against. Specific citations are added, line by line, before it leaves draft.
- USDA FoodData Centralfdc.nal.usda.gov
- MedlinePlus — Nutritionmedlineplus.gov
- Dietary Guidelines for Americanswww.dietaryguidelines.gov
Same guidance, in a form you can put numbers into.
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