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"if you are worrying about the amount of protein in your diet, then you are almost certainly eating more than enough." I wonder where that author got that from

"if you are worrying about the amount of protein in your diet, then you are almost certainly eating more than enough." I wonder where that author got that from... last I checked whenever I don't eat enough protein my hair and nails get brittle and fall, my skin gets dry, and I get random muscle pain... I had those issues for years and years of my life, and tried everything, only after I went to a almost zero carb diet (that at the time I didn't even knew it had a name, it was just something random I tried after trying everything else) that those issues went away... and as soon I eat "recommended" level of protein instead of eatingn "too much", the problems return.

sandstrom 8y ago
I respect your anecdote, but there are many other factors that could be in play here (for example vitamins that you get along with whatever protein source you use). If you'd like to suggest that everyone is eating too little protein, you should setup a double-blind study with a few hundred participants.
- tallanvor 8y ago
  From my understanding, if I were a doctor I'd want to check on the person's B vitamin levels, particularly biotin. There are metabolic disorders that affect the body's ability to absorb biotin, and it could be that there's something off with the intestinal bacteria that normally produce the bulk of our needed biotin.