# Protein! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protein/713430 "2015-02-23T17:53:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protein/713430/1 "2015-02-23T17:53:44Z")
While perusing this board the last few hours and generally making an ass of myself, I have found that I have just consumed a 6.2OZ(175g) bag of Beef Jerky. There goes my lunch diet all to heck. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protein/713430/2 "2015-02-23T18:01:24Z")
6 oz of beef is like one serving. Have a salad. Lunch balanced. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protein/713430/3 "2015-02-23T21:09:19Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > 6 oz of beef is like one serving. Mass ratio between raw beef and jerky is 2 or 3 to 1, so you should figure that 6 ounces of jerky represents about a 12-ounce serving of cooked beef in terms of non-water components. On the other hand, my roommate persuaded me to go to [Texas de Brazil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_de_Brazil) (a churrascaria) for brunch yesterday. I was still not hungry this morning, but decided to have a small bowl of cereal around lunch, because fiber seemed advisable. So, **Cabin\_Fever** , maybe you could take a little perspective from my dubious example. 😃