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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, January 13, 2010
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
MUMC Surgeon Honored By Baylor
College of Medicine
Ray Rudolph, M.D.
Ray Rudolph, M.D., a
breast surgeon and co
founder of Memorial Health
University Physicians --
Center for Breast Care, was
recently honored by Baylor
College of Medicine in
Houston, Texas.
Rudolph received the
Outstanding Alumni Award
at the physician assistant
program commencement
ceremony.
After graduating
from the physician assistant
program at Baylor, Rudolph
spent four years working on
the Lower Brule Indian
Reservation in South
Dakota. He was later accept
ed to medical school at the
University of South Dakota
and went on to become a
surgeon. Rudolph completed
his residency training at
Memorial Health University
Medical Center. He and his
colleague, Paula DeNitto,
M.D., opened the Center for
Breast Care, the only prac
tice in the region dedicated
solely to the treatment of
breast conditions.
Rudolph is highly
respected among his patients
and his fellow physicians.
He is past president of the
medical staff at Memorial
Health, a Vietnam Veteran,
and a fellow of the
American College of
Surgeons.
With him when he
accepted the award were his
wife of 35 years, Barbara,
and his parents.
Memorial University
Medical Center (MUMC) is
a two-state healthcare
organization serving a 35-
county area in southeast
Georgia and southern South
Carolina. The sys
tem includes its flagship
hospital, a 530-bed academ
ic medical center; Memorial
primary and specialty care
physician networks; a major
medical education program;
business and industry serv
ices; and NurseOne, a 24-
hour call center. Visit our
Web site at www.memorial-
health.com.
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Protein In the Diet, How Much is
Enough?
We all know that pro
teins are the building blocks
of muscles, hair, skin, blood
cells, and the immune sys
tem. All the body’s systems.
Carbohydrates and fats pro
vide the energy to keep them
working properly.
We eat protein in the
form of meats, chicken and
turkey and other birds, and
milk and cheese, and fish and
shellfish. Yet some of the
information we gather from
television, advertising, partial
reports of news programming
and other questionable
sources may have us to
believe we need a lot of pro
tein to be healthy. Often
encouraging large portions of
meats, protein drinks, and the
high protein diets. This could
leave us with mis-informa-
tion that leads to poor health.
So, recently I was asked
how much protein do we real
ly need?, what are the effects
of too much protein, on the
body?, and what are the best
sources of protein?
Gail Butterfield, PhD,
RD, director of Nutrition
Studies at the Palo Alto
Veterans' Administration
Medical Center and nutrition
lecturer at Stanford
University, and protein expert
says that consuming too
much protein — more than
30% of our total daily caloric
intake — could actually be
harmful to the body.
She says that a diet con
taining excess protein can
have adverse effects. Most
Carolyn Guilford, CNC
experts say we need about 7
grams of protein per 20
pounds of body weight per
day.
So, the person who
weighs 150 pounds would
need about 52 grams of pro
tein each day. Others say that
is too much.
If you are exercising
daily and working toward a
healthy lifestyle, one serving
of protein from fatty fish,
lean meat, chicken or turkey
breast (skin removed), is
enough from animal sources,
per day. (Reminder, a serving
size of meat is about the size
of the palm of your hand, or a
deck of cards.) But, please
add at least six servings of
veggies and fruits, some raw,
per day.
Then 2-3 servings of
whole grains, per day. This
way you will have the protein
from “meat”, but also the
protein that is easier for the
body to use, from plant
sources. Yes, you can get
enough protein without eat
ing meat. Veggies offer ade
quate amounts of protein
when we eat a variety of fresh
fruits and vegetables, raw or
steamed or lightly sauteed.
Protein in the diet is
essential for maintaining the
body’s normal functions such
as blood clotting, hormone
production and function, syn
thesizing enzymes and main
taining the body’s fluid bal
ance.
Persons on high protein
diets have been known to be
at higher risk of kidney dis
ease, and may want to add
daily exercise to help the kid
neys do a better job of flush
ing wastes from the body.
Also, too much protein from
animal sources can cause cal
cium leeching from the
bones, as the body attempts
to digest it, creating brittle
bone problems. However
protein from vegetable
sources are protective of the
heart and blood vessels. One
more reason to have another
salad, O K?!And, what about
the roll of carbohydrates?
A healthy diet should
contain carbohydrates as the
main attraction, and animal
proteins and the good fats
added as small supporting
players.
Carbohydrates provide
the basic fuel for the body.
When we don’t eat enough
carbs, the body uses proteins
and fats for energy by con
verting then to carbs, which
again, is hard on the kidneys.
See, Protein, page 8
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