I've been both of these guys. In unrelated news, I fucking hate Subway™

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[–] 11 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Protein has 4 calories per gram

Protein is only used as fuel in extremis, it's a dirty fuel and the body will poop what it doesn't need for repair if there's enough other calories coming in. Also only some amino acids are biochemically amenable to conversion to energy, whereas the 4cal/g figure is from burning it all in air. Protein does not turn into cake, you can however argue the excess is wasted, but how much is excess for a given individual is a hard question.

You're quite right about needing stimulus to grow, but the statement was about maintenance.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    You can turn protein into cake I've done it

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Haha yes fat ass joke

    But on a serious note

    That reminds me of one lady a few years ago who came to realize that her protein shakes were actually literally cake batter repackaged & labeled as a lie. Big scandal she uncovered and she outed that company until they stopped their crimes.

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