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What's with the protein obsession? Eat more fiber, that is what almost everyone is lacking.
Marketing. Also, people think you can only get protein from meat.
Laughable new USAian nutrition guidelines plus accompanying social media nutrition grifters
I prefer both
This is the take.
Which is funny, because tofu is low fiber. Eat more beans.
+1 to more beans!
Are there any health issues linked to a lack of fibre?
Colon cancer.
That is probably the most serious. Other things that are more likely when you don't get enough fibre with your food:
Feel hungry sooner
Increased blood sugar fluctuations
Piles due to increased straining to poop
Constipation
Abdominal cramps and bloating
Weight gain
The last meta study I saw saw that over all health comes were better for people with a majority fiber diet over both majority protein and majority carbohydrate diets.
Personally it's the fact that I can be full faster but with less total calories.
Link please!
Also if thst is true, is there such thing as a majority fiber diet that a person could bulk with? Id be thjnking its impossible since the majority of fibre is indigestible by the human body. Though I could he wrong of course as Im not an expert on the matter.
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It's a large ongoing Facebook campaign. My mom is also obsessed with protein suddenly, so dumb.
it seems to be the food industry marketing 'flavor of the month'. everybody and everything that can, is stressing protein content or producing high-protein varieties.