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[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 9 points 22 hours ago

🤣 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 16 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 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 16 hours ago

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 5 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 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 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 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

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 16 hours ago

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 14 hours ago

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 10 hours ago

No one is saying eat 200 candy bars lmao

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

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

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