1865
Lyon Playfair (1818-1898), a professor of chemistry at Edinburgh, suggested that in a daily diet providing around 3,000 kilocalories of energy, healthy adults should consume 119 grams of protein.
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Lyon Playfair (1818-1898), a professor of chemistry at Edinburgh, suggested that in a daily diet providing around 3,000 kilocalories of energy, healthy adults should consume 119 grams of protein.