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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 138 points 1 day ago (12 children)

The best thing about this protein craze is almost everyone gets enough anyways and the body excretes excess protein so the cheapest and easiest way to get extra protein is to drink a gymbro's piss.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I’ve read this stated before and I don’t see how it’s true.

  • us RDA is based on weight and we’re a fat country. It looks like I’d need to eat 5 chicken breasts/day. Unless there’s a lot of hidden protein in my diet, That never happens
  • most of this is backlash against gymbro recommendation with much higher protein levels to build muscle, that’s not really evidence based. Sure the specific levels are questionable but it does makes sense that some amount more is better: maybe I need to eat 6 chicken breasts in a day if I started exercising . That also never happens
[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Uric acid wants to have a word.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 10 points 11 hours ago

If you’re older this is not true. Near all of the older people i know need protein supplemented.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 8 points 12 hours ago

My doc says I need to build muscle mass to fix my shoulder and protein helps so I'm one of the few who needs it and I don't really buy into the craze.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 11 hours ago

I know you think you're trying to make piss-drinking happen, but it's not going to happen.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 72 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BrickEater@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Its sterile and I like the taste.

[–] zer0hour@lemmy.world 35 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I know this is all jokes, but just to stop the perpetual piss is sterile thing, it's absolutely not sterile

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 5 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, a lot of people suffer from bladder infections. Would increase their life quality if it was indeed sterile.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Do people actually believe that?

[–] BrickEater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

I did the math recently and I think that in order to hit what the WHO considers the minimum safe protein for my weight, I would have to eat WAY more, like twice what I typically do.

This may be a vegan-specific problem.

[–] jumponboard@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago

It's not a vegan problem. It's a food selection problem.

I'm vegan and I eat plenty of protein. More than most non vegans

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 14 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Beans and lentils are your friend.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Lemmy needs to know the difference between protein and amino acids in diet. All plants are protein.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago

They have protein but they're mostly composed of complex carbs like starch, fiber, and cellulose. Their actual protein content varies but in general it's much lower than legumes

If you're vegetarian or vegan and don't eat legumes, then you're probably not getting enough protein.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

If I may ask, what is your target grams per day of protein?

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

According to this calculator I should be eating 53g protein per day.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

As someone who needs to lose weight, that calculator says my who minimum safe protein is 113 g/day. As a carnivore, I don’t see how I do this on most days.

I call bs on the claim that most of us get too much protein. Overweight people are less likely to and plant eaters are less likely to.

The muscle building community recommendations are based on insufficient evidence and are likely too high. I do believe those following them likely to get excessive protein their body can’t use but I don’t see how that generalizes to “most people”

It says I should be eating between 67 and 200+ g of protein, because of how much I exercise it should probably be like 150+ and I'm definitely not eating enough protein.

[–] BrickEater@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Drink Bean smothies

[–] residentoflaniakea@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know you're joking but urine should not contain any protein in a healthy body.

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 20 points 1 day ago

So you choose option #2? 😂

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

You make a surprisingly salient point, sir

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Vegetarians and especially vegans need to either supplement protein or make sure to eat lots of protein-rich stuff like chickpeas or lentils.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Wrong. Plants are protein. They eat some beans and grains that have lysine and methionine amino acids which are lower in plant proteins.

Those protein powders the brahs eat are from plants.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

A lot of the bro powders use whey protein which is a dairy product.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Plants are protein.

Are you high?

Those protein powders the brahs eat are from plants.

This is plain wrong. Most protein powders are not vegan, especially whey protein which is said to be the most bioavailable.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Brah, All living life on this planet is made of protein.

All protein is bioavailable and digested into amino acids, which are then used to build human protein. Most plants lack methionine and lysine, which is abundant in meats, but also some plants. Those tubs you buy can have as little as 20% whey protein, the rest is from plants like soybeans.

I get that people are Joe Rogan educated and like to read the brightly colored plastic tubs, but a little biochemistry won't hurt you, brah.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Its fascinating how much effort some people put into writing complete bullshit in a fancy way. Or maybe its a bot? Probably is...

But just to make sure noone parrots this bullshit: Carbohydrates, fat, minerals, water are all NOT protein and they make up a much larger fraction of most living organisms than protein. Just because most plants contains at least 1% protein doesnt mean it will satisfy the human need for it.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

Only the nitrogen is excreted. The body converts the rest into glucose then fat. So the excess protein in everything is literally making us fatter and more unhealthy!

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

🤣 I do it to keep weight on so what puzzles me is people who drink protein drinks to lose weight. My diet plan is pretty simple (it's just a basic hierarchy of choices):

  • eat the option with the most fiber
  • that being equal, eat the option with the most protein
  • THAT being equal, eat the thing with the highest polyunsaturated fat
  • after that, eat the thing that tastes best and has the least uncomplicated carbohydrates
  • eat the thing with the least trans fat

I usually don't even get past #2 and very rarely past 3.

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 17 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Protein makes you sated much more quickly than carbs, so a protein rich diet compliments losing weight.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

also causes flatulence, lower gut mobility, skews the microbiome.

I have significant concerns about the protein diet fad and the increase of colon cancer in younger people.

Sugar should be avoided, but a balanced diet is important.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Visceral fat is usually caused by protein deficiency, adding protein to the diet without any other changes to lifestyle or diet causes a reduction in visceral fat.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

Visceral fat is usually caused by protein deficiency,

in cases of severe malnourishment.

I'm so done with the brah science in this thread.

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 0 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Maybe good protein, though protein shakes are often going to come with extra calories and junk that most people don't need to add to their diet anyways.

Especially if they're using a milk base or adding chocolate/etc to make tastier shakes. It's pretty damn easy to drink a surprising amount of calories. Milk can be more calories than beer by volume, for example.

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Nobody should be drinking those to lose weight, because weight lifting to the point of needing extra protein is very much a way to gain mass, and doing both at once(gain mass and slim up) is extremely hard. Weight lifting being the most obvious way someone might actually need extra protein.

Other exercise, outside of extreme situations, doesn't need extra-high protein intake, so it's just excessive. Especially for lower intensity exercise that someone looking to slim up should be doing more of.

Also with how much extra junk a lot of those protein powders/bars/etc come with, it's just ill advised. Sugar, cholesterol, carbs, etc. Some are really bad choices in general vs just eating a normal meal.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Losing fat is more about gaining muscle to increase base metabolism. Drinking protein shakes also causes a loss of visceral fat in the absence of any other changes

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's not "more about" gaining muscle. It's purely about burning off more energy than you eat. Sure, that's easier with more muscle, but it's WAY easier to not eat 200+ calorie candy bars than it is burning 200 calories off, even with muscle.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

No one is saying eat 200 candy bars lmao

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Correct, the 200 was the number of calories not the number of candy bars