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I have noticed a problem however in terms of the intake of food as related to grams. For instance, the typical sized Brazil nut or egg yolk constitutes how many grams?

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1 Brazil nut without shell weighs about 7 gram.
1 egg yolk weighs about 20 grams

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What is the easiest way to measure this? I had read that eating too much protein isn't good regardless of the source. Yesterday, I must have gone way over because I had about 50 brazil nuts plus a good 16 pieces of Shashimi

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WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
that can definitely cause new pimples!!! (which is individually different)
A handfull, or two handfulls of Brazil nuts is okay (about 15).
As for the sashimi (or did you really eat sushi; including the rice?); 100 gram max, which is 3.5 ounce!!!

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Seth wrote
I guess from now on I won't consume more than 50grams of protein a day.

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You don't need to be THAT drastical, you better try 100 gram a day first, which seems more according to your needs if you want to gain muscle weight.
On 50 grams a day my boyfriend cannot GAIn muscle weight (only maintain)

Wai, in your post here you say 1 brazil nut w/o shell =7 gr; and 1 egg yolk = 20 grams. Then Seth says it's in the book that 3 egg yolks =10 gr. Which is correct?

According to your post if we consume 2 egg yolks and 15 brazil nuts it will =145 grams of protein and we are supposed to stick to 100 grams to gain muscle weight or 50 to maintain. Wouldn't 2 egg yolks and 15 brazil nuts be too much? We are also getting protein in the fruit!

Wai, this came from page 305. You have Egg-Yolk at the top and next to it says 60g. (3 yolks). I read that as it takes about 3 egg yolks to get 60 grams. 10 of those grames are protein and 19 are fat. Therefore if it takes 3 egg yolks to get 10 grams of protein, you would need a lot more, right?

The Brazil Nuts on page 301 say that it is based on 35 grams. If one brazil nut is approx. 7 grams it takes 5 of them to equal 35 grams. Out of those 35 grams, only 5 grams are protein. So to get around 30 grams, you would need to eat 42 brazil nuts.

Wai, in your post here you say 1 brazil nut w/o shell =7 gr; and 1 egg yolk = 20 grams. Then Seth says it's in the book that 3 egg yolks =10 gr. Which is correct?

I wasn't really including the fruits, even though they do add up. I was just making sure my math and information is correct.

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Seth wrote
100 grams a day...Okay, but I am confused here...If it takes 3 egg yolks to get 10 grams of protein (as your book mentions), wouldn't that mean I need to consume over 25 egg yolks to get that much protein??

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Nooooo,
I hadn't noticed that you had wrote 50 gram protein, sorry!
I mean 100 gram fish / egg yolks in total, not 100 gram protein!
5 egg yolks weigh about 100 gram.
50 gram protein is still waaaay too much when it needs to come from the fish / yolks solely. The fruits alone contain already about 50 to 60 gram protein...

If you would need 50 gram protein on top of that from the fruits, that would rquire 250 gram tuna, and that is way too much.
You certainly do not need that much protein.

[ August 22, 2001: Message edited by: Wai ]

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Del wrote:
Wai, in your post here you say 1 brazil nut w/o shell =7 gr; and 1 egg yolk = 20 grams. Then Seth says it's in the book that 3 egg yolks =10 gr. Which is correct?[b]

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1 Brazil nut [b]weighs indeed about 7 gram and 1 egg yolk weighs about 20 grams.
3 egg yolks contain about 10 gram protein in total.

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According to your post if we consume 2 egg yolks and 15 brazil nuts it will =145 grams of protein

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No, they will weigh about 145 gram in total.

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and we are supposed to stick to 100 grams to gain muscle weight or 50 to maintain.

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Men should, but that does not include Brazil nut protein or fruit protein, just the fish / yolks.

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Wouldn't 2 egg yolks and 15 brazil nuts be too much?

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for a guy like Seth it would be too little, for you it would be perfect.

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We are also getting protein in the fruit!

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you can eat as much fruit as you like!

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Therefore if it takes 3 egg yolks to get 10 grams of protein, you would need a lot more, right?

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Exactly!

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The Brazil Nuts on page 301 say that it is based on 35 grams. If one brazil nut is approx. 7 grams it takes 5 of them to equal 35 grams. Out of those 35 grams, only 5 grams are protein. So to get around 30 grams, you would need to eat 42 brazil nuts.

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Correct, but who says you need that much protein from the Brazil nuts?

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Wai, in your post here you say 1 brazil nut w/o shell =7 gr; and 1 egg yolk = 20 grams. Then Seth says it's in the book that 3 egg yolks =10 gr. Which is correct?

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Ahh, you mean on www.SethSays.com ?
Just kidding...
The 10 gram is protein, the others are total weight.

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I wasn't really including the fruits, even though they do add up. I was just making sure my math and information is correct.

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Your math is fine!

I see now, thanks.