How much protein should Sarah add to her diet if she gets pregnant? Sarah's protein requirements during pregnancy would be higher. See Hint B2. During calculations, use numbers rounded to the first decimal place. In your answer, round the number of grams to the nearest whole number.

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Caden Macdonald

Biology

21 January, 14:39

How much protein should Sarah add to her diet if she gets pregnant? Sarah's protein requirements during pregnancy would be higher. See Hint B2. During calculations, use numbers rounded to the first decimal place. In your answer, round the number of grams to the nearest whole number.

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Austin Matthews · Answer 1

Sarah should add 19 grams of protein to her diet if she gets pregnant.

Explanation:

Daily protein requirements = body weight in x conversion factor

Pregnant women = 1.1g/kg prepregnancy body weight

Sarah's prepregnancy weight = 132 pound

Sarah should add about 19 grams of protein to her diet to account for the higher protein requirements of pregnancy. That's only about 1 cup of Greek yogurt. Pregnancy might be the time to switch to these "twice the protein" products.