The Soybots at Vox say that you're eating too much protein and it's making you all toxic.

There's always an agenda behind these types of stories -- and that agenda is aggressive, propgandistic vegetarianism.

Kenny Torrella is a staff writer for Vox's Future Perfect section, with a focus on animal welfare and the future of meat.

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So there you go. This isn't about human health at all; veganism is anti-human-health.

It's only pro-animal-health. And while I am a great big softie when it comes to animals -- human health comes first, soyboy beta cucks and anti-human propagandists.

Americans are oddly obsessed with protein, consuming around twice the daily amount recommended in the federal dietary guidelines.

LOL, the federal dietary guidelines are wrong about everything and also themselves distorted by demands from the vegetarian lobby.

You're supposed to eat 6-11 servings of grains per day, plus 4-6 servings of vegetables!

Also, the very low figure they cite, 50 grams of protein per day, is a minimum RDA. There are no known health risks for eating more, even much more, protein.

The National Academies of Sciences' more nuanced guidelines break down suggested protein intake by body weight, recommending 0.36 grams of protein per pound of weight every day (pregnant and elderly people should consume more, along with highly active individuals). For the average American man, weighing just under 200 pounds, that's 72 grams. For the average woman, weighing just under 171 pounds, that's 61.5 grams. American men exceed that recommendation by 31 percent, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey data; women exceed it by about 12 percent.

People who aren't being bullied into appeasing Big Vegetable say that the figure is more like 0.8 g to 1g per pound of body weight, for people who aren't active and who aren't trying to gain muscle, and something like 1.2 grams per pound for more active people.

Or more.

Also, everyone processes protein less efficiently as they age so the older you are, the more you need.

Public health authorities design these recommendations with plenty of slack, meaning they're higher than what most people actually need to ensure they don't become protein deficient. But despite exceeding the recommended intake, 60 percent of US adults are trying to get even more of it into their diets.

Food companies have taken notice, adding protein to seemingly everything -- pasta, chips, ice cream, crackers, and more -- over the last decade. But this obsession could be making us sick: Excessive protein consumption, especially from cholesterol-rich animal-based foods, is correlated with increased risk of cancer and heart disease.

Oh shut the fuck up, Kenny Longstockings.

Let's get to the real meat of it, huh?

Excessive protein consumption is also wrecking the planet, with meat and dairy production accounting for upward of one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions.

And there you go. It's not about human health, it's about The Health of Our Fragile Ecosystem.

Florida Dad
@FloridadadD
I remember when the federal government told us to eat seven servings of bread a day.

Actually, Florida Dad, I believe the guidance was 6 to 11 servings of grain per day. The food chart had nothing to do with health; it was all about appeasing the various agribusiness corporations of Big Food.

@HarmfulOpinion

According to the federal government, we should be eating ridiculous amount of grain. So Ill just disregard what they have to say on the subjective nutrition.

Arturo Boremano (definitely NOT "Arthur Boreman")
@ArthurBoreman

"2x as much of it as the federal government advises"

Me?

Oh, nothing, I'm just remembering that time government dietary guidelines kicked off the obesity crisis in America.

What a great time for this nonsense article to come out, because I'm pursuing a very high protein diet, and I feel better than I have in a while.

I'm weight training and trying to get 1.2 or 1.5 grams of protein per pound. I'm drinking whey protein shakes every day, and every day I'm eating eggs and bacon and burgers.

And honestly, I feel great. Not only am I gaining muscle, but my sinuses are mostly clear. (This might not be due to the extra protein per se but because, as I'm having a lot of meat and eggs, I'm reducing how much cheese and dairy I eat, and I know I'm lactose intolerant and I can guess that dairy causes inflammation of my mucous membranes, too. But I dunno... I am having whey protein powder and cassein.)

Bonus: People get hungry and crave snacks when they're not getting enough nutrition, including, especially, protein. If you're getting a lot of protein, you have much less desire to eat crap. My sweet tooth has declined a lot.

Anyway:

Don't be a Kenny Torrella, guys.

Don't ever be a Kenny Torrella.

Anyone have any GAINZZZ? Or questions for the collective unwisdom of the group?