if a 150 pounder needs 50 g protein, does a 300 pounder need 100g?

[Brandy]

In their workbook (which is excellent) DsSurgery.com says to plug your **ideal body weight** into it's protein calculator. This has me confused. Is this a bariatric thing? Aren't cells cells? If you have 300 lbs of them you still need to make sure they all can repair themselves. And it isn't like my body knows about the culturally and politically acceptable US recommendations, so it seems like I would get a pretty random result.

The more I learn about protein the more confused I get. According to the World Health Organization:

"for any diet considered to be limiting in protein, the population groups most likely to be at risk are elderly people, especially sedentary women."​

Waaa? Can you imagine all the massive orange body builders and the old fat women on scooters lining up for the annual supplement sale? The science sounds like it comes down to the density of the protein source, but it is a 255 page report and I need to read it a few more times. And then I will have to try and figure out how that translates to my wls.

Thanks in advance!

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[brooklyngirl]

Haha, no answers here, just commiserating that I get confused too! There's lots of conflicting information out there, plus add in the altered anatomy and who the hell knows anymore. Before surgery I decided to listen to the vets, who give advice based on living with the DS for years as well as being in the WLS community for years, and then let my labs dictate whether or not I needed more. My surgeon even agreed that that was a smart approach