Isn't the focus on protein in the diet more of a weightlifting thing? The amount of protein often recommended for building up muscles is quite a lot, at least double the amount mentioned in the article as the recommendation. If you're trying to hit that amount I can imagine it getting very hard with a regular diet.
I find protein and fat to be an excellent combo of macro nutrients for controlling my hunger, and one of my favorite natural groupings is eggs.<p>Eggs are nutritionally such a good deal. For the cost of about 77 calories you get 6.3 grams of protein, <1g of carbs and 5.3 grams of fat, and a nice dose of vitamins, phosphorous, and selenium. The protein you do get too, has a high biological value, meaning the amino acid composition is pretty ideal for human use. Even at the crazy prices, I still happily manage to eat 2-4 hard boiled eggs a day.<p>Keeping a bunch of hard-boiled eggs in my fridge means I always have a reasonably healthy snack at hand.
>The 28-year-old sales representative is big on protein. “I found that if I prioritized protein and half-assed the rest of everything else, it gave me the body I wanted,” he said.<p>This is all that matters, though. If it works, it works, and for those who use it as a way to eat more candy, nothing will work.
At least in my case, vegetarianism + being underweight means I need to pay an awful lot of attention to protein. What a strange thing to complain about, given the imo more pressing issues in the standard American diet.
Nutrition topics with bait headlines are the worst submissions on HN.<p>The comments section is always like going to a family reunion and your doughbody uncle has locked you into a convo about how you need to try keto (he's on his 5th day).
The title seems a bit hyperbolic compared to the article. It does briefly mention cardiovascular risk, but I was able to immediately find a meta-analysis showing no correlation.<p>If the gripe is with processed foods containing protein, then sure maybe there's a risk compensation argument, but personally speaking I buy Halo Top when I'm craving ice cream, not as a way to avoid eating chicken.<p>I also imagine that the target audience for these products are people who are relatively active and in that case the ideal protein consumption numbers are generally accepted to be significantly higher than the 0.8g/kg cited in the article.
It's been an annoying trend to people with allergies too, since allergens are often proteins. The various protein powders are basically pure raw allergens, about as potent as possible. People don't expect random junk foods to contain protein powder - but in recent years, here we are. I saw a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips with whey protein isolate in the ingredients. I don't understand the sudden popularity of it - whey used to be a waste product cheesemakers drained into the sewer. Now they add it to junk foods.
According to this conversation between Dr. Andrew Huberman and Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, protein has an important role in overall health and longevity.
Don't take my work for it, of course.
<a href="https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-gabrielle-lyon-how-to-exercise-eat-for-optimal-health-longevity" rel="nofollow">https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-gabrielle-lyon-how-to...</a>
Pro bodybuilders almost never drink protein shakes. They get protein from eating food. Not shakes. If they are recommending a protein shake or supplement, it’s because they are getting paid to do so.<p>Protein shakes and other supplements is an industry trying to sell you something.<p>Most don’t work out hard enough to need a protein shake. The protein will turn to fat.
Excessive protein, doubly so for animal protein, is pro-aging. The only exceptions are if one is doing substantial amounts of unaerobic exercise or if one is on weight loss agents like Ozempic.
it’s not about protein. It’s about the convenience of being able to eat these things without having to cook them and wash dishes. As well as chewing them. It takes time. I wonder if the person who wrote the article has ever had to run a surplus.
Protein plays a major role in satiety. They're even claiming that "excess" protein causes heart disease. What a load of nonsense, not a surprise from "nutrition experts".
Eating a lot of protein is a good thing, especially if you're lifting weights and want to see results from that.<p>Eating a lot of <i>highly processed</i> protein is not. Just because ultra-processed foods have protein in them doesn't make them less unhealthy. Eat chicken breasts, skyr, tofu, eggs - not candy bars, ice cream and other junk that happens to have protein in it.