• hector@lemmy.today
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    7 days ago

    It’s ridiculous a lot of people and their obsession with protein. There is protein in all sorts of foods they get, 10 percent or so of wheat, lots in potatoes, other grains. You aren’t going to be lacking eating all carbs even.

    Often while they shun fat, which is the important part, without an amount of fat the stomach doesn’t feel full and you will overeat. And people get way too much sugar instead of that fat. Fructose, which is half of sugar and 60% of high fructose corn syrup, isn’t recognized as food and does not contribute to a full feeling.

    Basically people have been misled in nutrition by people trying to sell them stuff, and are too obsessed with protein, not appreciative of fat which is key to a lot of things, and obsessed with getting more protein than a normal diet would provide that we don’t really need.

    • Boozilla@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      Feels good to read these comments. Wasn’t that long ago that I’d get downvoted to oblivion by the protein bros for raising these easy to verify facts.