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The Soybots at Vox say that you're eating too much protein and it's making you all toxic.

There's always an agenda behind these types of stories -- and that agenda is aggressive, propgandistic vegetarianism.

Kenny Torrella is a staff writer for Vox's Future Perfect section, with a focus on animal welfare and the future of meat.

This story has been adapted from Meat/Less, Vox's newsletter series to help you easily incorporate more plant-based foods into your diet. For five weeks, you'll get challenges, recipes, and insights on how to make eating less meat work for you. Sign up here!

So there you go. This isn't about human health at all; veganism is anti-human-health.

It's only pro-animal-health. And while I am a great big softie when it comes to animals -- human health comes first, soyboy beta cucks and anti-human propagandists.

Americans are oddly obsessed with protein, consuming around twice the daily amount recommended in the federal dietary guidelines.

LOL, the federal dietary guidelines are wrong about everything and also themselves distorted by demands from the vegetarian lobby.

You're supposed to eat 6-11 servings of grains per day, plus 4-6 servings of vegetables!

Also, the very low figure they cite, 50 grams of protein per day, is a minimum RDA. There are no known health risks for eating more, even much more, protein.

The National Academies of Sciences' more nuanced guidelines break down suggested protein intake by body weight, recommending 0.36 grams of protein per pound of weight every day (pregnant and elderly people should consume more, along with highly active individuals). For the average American man, weighing just under 200 pounds, that's 72 grams. For the average woman, weighing just under 171 pounds, that's 61.5 grams. American men exceed that recommendation by 31 percent, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey data; women exceed it by about 12 percent.

People who aren't being bullied into appeasing Big Vegetable say that the figure is more like 0.8 g to 1g per pound of body weight, for people who aren't active and who aren't trying to gain muscle, and something like 1.2 grams per pound for more active people.

Or more.

Also, everyone processes protein less efficiently as they age so the older you are, the more you need.

Public health authorities design these recommendations with plenty of slack, meaning they're higher than what most people actually need to ensure they don't become protein deficient. But despite exceeding the recommended intake, 60 percent of US adults are trying to get even more of it into their diets.

Food companies have taken notice, adding protein to seemingly everything -- pasta, chips, ice cream, crackers, and more -- over the last decade. But this obsession could be making us sick: Excessive protein consumption, especially from cholesterol-rich animal-based foods, is correlated with increased risk of cancer and heart disease.

Oh shut the fuck up, Kenny Longstockings.

Let's get to the real meat of it, huh?

Excessive protein consumption is also wrecking the planet, with meat and dairy production accounting for upward of one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions.

And there you go. It's not about human health, it's about The Health of Our Fragile Ecosystem.

Florida Dad
@FloridadadD
I remember when the federal government told us to eat seven servings of bread a day.

Actually, Florida Dad, I believe the guidance was 6 to 11 servings of grain per day. The food chart had nothing to do with health; it was all about appeasing the various agribusiness corporations of Big Food.

@HarmfulOpinion

According to the federal government, we should be eating ridiculous amount of grain. So I’ll just disregard what they have to say on the subjective nutrition.

Arturo Boremano (definitely NOT "Arthur Boreman") @ArthurBoreman

"2x as much of it as the federal government advises"

Me?

Oh, nothing, I'm just remembering that time government dietary guidelines kicked off the obesity crisis in America.

What a great time for this nonsense article to come out, because I'm pursuing a very high protein diet, and I feel better than I have in a while.

I'm weight training and trying to get 1.2 or 1.5 grams of protein per pound. I'm drinking whey protein shakes every day, and every day I'm eating eggs and bacon and burgers.

And honestly, I feel great. Not only am I gaining muscle, but my sinuses are mostly clear. (This might not be due to the extra protein per se but because, as I'm having a lot of meat and eggs, I'm reducing how much cheese and dairy I eat, and I know I'm lactose intolerant and I can guess that dairy causes inflammation of my mucous membranes, too. But I dunno... I am having whey protein powder and cassein.)

Bonus: People get hungry and crave snacks when they're not getting enough nutrition, including, especially, protein. If you're getting a lot of protein, you have much less desire to eat crap. My sweet tooth has declined a lot.

Anyway:

Don't be a Kenny Torrella, guys.

Don't ever be a Kenny Torrella.

In other health news: Intermittent fasting seems to cause health-promoting, weight-maintaining changes to both the gut and brain.

Researchers from China studied 25 volunteers classed as obese over a period of 62 days, during which they took part in an intermittent energy restriction (IER) program -- a regime that involves careful control of calorie intake and fasting on some days.

Not only did the participants in the study lose weight -- 7.6 kilograms (16.8 pounds) or 7.8 percent of their body weight on average -- there was also evidence of shifts in the activity of obesity-related regions of the brain, and in the make-up of gut bacteria.

"Here we show that an IER diet changes the human brain-gut-microbiome axis," says health researcher Qiang Zeng from the Second Medical Center and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases in China.

"The observed changes in the gut microbiome and in the activity in addiction-related brain regions during and after weight loss are highly dynamic and coupled over time."

I guess it's too late to try a "Dry January" but if you want to cut alcohol consumption:
reducing liquor consumption is more do-able than abstaining altogether.

Every year thousands of people take part in the Dry January sobriety challenge to improve their health and regain control of their drinking. But if you can't commit to a full month of abstinence, take heart: You don't have to go cold turkey to improve your relationship with alcohol.

A semi-dry ritual dubbed "Damp January" has become an annual event for people who want to cut back on alcohol without giving it up entirely.

Studies show that even a modest reduction in drinking can lead to improvements in blood pressure, mental health and liver health. It can lower risk for cancer and heart disease. And you may even notice improvements in your sleep, energy levels and skin.

There's not one best way to do the Damp January challenge. Here are some ways to cut back on alcohol.

-Special occasion drinking: Avoid drinking for the month of January except for special occasions, like a wedding, birthday party or anniversary celebration.

-Add more dry days to your month: Reduce the number of days you drink during January.

-Consume fewer drinks in a setting: For a month, cut back on the amount you drink on each occasion. If you regularly have two or more glasses of wine with dinner, for instance, commit to just one drink per sitting.

-A combination approach: Experts say it's best to reduce the number of days you drink and the amount that you drink on each occasion. You can set a goal to have a specific number of dry days each week and fewer servings on the days that you drink. You can drink only at special events or be sober on special occasions. Pick the strategy that works for you.

The important thing to know is that any strategy you use to reduce how much and how often you drink will be beneficial, said Katie Witkiewitz, director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use And Addiction at the University of New Mexico and a former president of the Society of Addiction Psychology.

"Any reduction in drinking is associated with improvements in health," she said. "As your drinking increases you have increased health risks, and as your drinking decreases you have decreased health risks."

"Even if you didn't drink for one day that's still one day less of drinking," she added.

It's at times like this I wish I were Owen Wilson, so I could say Woww.

This is what I'm aiming for, physique-wise.

You might say that's gross. I say stop trying to talk me out of my Sick GAINZZZ, hater.

Bring your daughter to the gym day.

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Anyone have any GAINZZZ? Or questions for the collective unwisdom of the group?

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