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. 2023 Nov 15;9:131. doi: 10.1186/s40795-023-00793-y

Table 3.

Percentage of days on which the intake met the dietary recommendations for energy, protein (WHO: 0.66 g/kg BW, NNR: 0.8 g/kg BW) and essential amino acids (EAA, WHO recommendations) (n = 120 days, 40 participants each recording 3 days)

0 days 1 day 2 days 3 days
Energy 55 10 25 10
Protein, WHO 18 7 15 60
Protein, NNR 30 5 15 50
His 2.5 0 17.5 80
Ile 7.5 7.5 10 75
Leu 12.5 10 7.5 70
Lys 15 17.5 17.5 50
SAA1 10 7.5 15 67.5
AAA2 0 0.0 7.5 92.5
Thr 2.5 15 7.5 75
Trp 0 2.5 5 92.5
Val 10 12.5 7.5 70
Protein and all EAAs, WHO 22.5 12.5 17.5 47.5

1Sulphur-containing amino acids (Met and Cys)

2Aromatic amino acids (Phe and Tyr)