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Every food commercial, advertisement, and packaging in the US is currently protein obsessed. I just bought 3 burritos, and the most noticeable thing on the entire package is its protein content. TV commercials about waffles are advertising that they have X amount of protein per serving. The products in my jobsite's vending machine have protein all over every package.

Did America have a protein thing recently?

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[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I also think this is it. I have a couple of friends that buy these kind of products, and they are also the only gym goers I know. So for my tiny sample it's an absolute one to one correlation.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Aside from people working out protein isn’t really going to make a difference.

[–] Pelicanen@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

It does, it makes your farts smell way worse.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Isn’t going to make a difference in… what?

Protein is absolutely important to your diet and makes a big difference to your body whether or not you’re a bodybuilder

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Going out of your way to gain more than you need is what all this extra protein does. Just urea at the end of the day.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Protein doesn’t make you gain weight, that’s just a matter of the calories you eat. Protein intake effects how much of you weight gain goes to your muscles

Protein keeps you sated. It's not just a muscle thing. Eat more protein, and you'll eat less overall, and get less fat.