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Sounds like gymrat gentrification of staples, like how cheap / mass produced dairy (by) products are now "fortified" with proteine (and in Dutch they make sure
by Cthulhu_ 2y ago
Sounds like gymrat gentrification of staples, like how cheap / mass produced dairy (by) products are now "fortified" with proteine (and in Dutch they make sure to use the fancy sounding "protein" instead of the colloquial "eiwit") and given black-and-white branding in their own section, sold for 2x the price. And the sellers are laughing all the way to the bank.
Even if you're serious about sports / weighlifting etc, you don't actually need the specialised protein foods and shakes. Just have an extra bowl of yoghurt or low-fat cottage cheese and you've got a big chunk of extra protein in your diet already without spending extra or messing with calorie intake.
The problem is that people look at e.g. oats or anything branded for "their" group and go all-in on it.
- Tenoke 2y agoA bowl of yogurt would help but is not really that much extra protein. Definitely not near the extra protein serious gym people attempt to consume. And that's if you can even process a high joghurt diet without issues which isn't the case for plenty of people.
- wswope 2y ago> Definitely not near the extra protein serious gym people attempt to consume. Plenty of people exist who aim for >200g of protein daily - but that’s objectively overkill. There’s very little benefit, if any, to going over a half gram of protein per pound of body weight. https://mennohenselmans.com/the-myth-of-1glb-optimal-protein-intake-for-bodybuilders/ https://mennohenselmans.com/the-myth-of-1glb-optimal-protein...
- mrits 2y agoIn various types of training eating is the hardest part. Because you say "just have an extra bowl of yogurt" it lets me know you don't understand how hard it is to eat all of this food. This is the main reason protein powder is so prevalent.