I don’t think anyone denies it is an essential macronutrient. I’m talking about the bro science you’ll hear all the time from people touting how many grams are in their protein shake, their protein bar and so on.
Of course, the hysteria has been taken up by the restaurant industry now prominently displaying the amount of protein in their items and when ordering food they offer “a protein” to be added on top - which they should call “a fat”, really, because in this context “protein” nearly always equals meat, which is just mind-bogglingly silly.
Idk I wouldn’t demean people who eat protein bars and protein shakes (which are vegetarian sources of protein btw) if they have bigger muscles than you do. Seems like they know what it takes to reach their physical health goals. Unless you have a better way, I’m not sure why you would mock them.
Protein is an essential macronutrient. Life does not exist without protein. So yes, it is a health food.
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I don’t think anyone denies it is an essential macronutrient. I’m talking about the bro science you’ll hear all the time from people touting how many grams are in their protein shake, their protein bar and so on.
Of course, the hysteria has been taken up by the restaurant industry now prominently displaying the amount of protein in their items and when ordering food they offer “a protein” to be added on top - which they should call “a fat”, really, because in this context “protein” nearly always equals meat, which is just mind-bogglingly silly.
Idk I wouldn’t demean people who eat protein bars and protein shakes (which are vegetarian sources of protein btw) if they have bigger muscles than you do. Seems like they know what it takes to reach their physical health goals. Unless you have a better way, I’m not sure why you would mock them.