TABLE 1.

Energy and macronutrient contents of high-protein foods (beef and textured vegetable protein products) provided to subjects in a 3-d menu rotation¹

Food item	Weight	Energy	Protein	Carbohydrate	Fat
	g	MJ	g	g	g
BC diet
Day 1: cube steak	319	3.34	53.4	0	61.3
Day 2: ground beef	249	2.94	53.4	0	57.7
Day 3: beef tips	176	1.36	53.3	0	19.9
Daily average	248	2.55	53.4	0	46.3
LOV diet
Day 1
Vegetable sausage2	100	0.77	21.1	5.3	7.9
Vegetable hamburger3	148	1.36	32.3	11.6	13.9
Total	248	2.13	53.4	16.9	21.8
Day 2
Vegetable sausage2	100	0.77	21.1	5.3	7.9
Vegetable chicken4	254	2.25	32.3	53.6	21.5
Total	354	3.02	53.4	58.9	29.4
Day 3
Vegetable sausage2	100	0.77	21.1	5.3	7.9
Vegetable hot dog5	167	0.98	32.2	17.6	1.5
Total	267	1.75	53.3	22.9	9.4
Daily average	290	2.30	53.4	32.9	20.2

¹BC, beef-containing; LOV, lactoovovegetarian. All products were provided in amounts that yielded 0.6 g protein · kg body wt⁻¹ · d⁻¹, calculated for an 89-kg man.

²Breakfast Patties (Morningstar Farms, Worthington Foods Inc, Worthington, OH).

³Grillers (Morningstar Farms).

⁴Chik Patties (Morningstar Farms).

⁵Veggie Dog (Morningstar Farms).