It might be the algorithms I’m getting (I follow a lot of cooking and some exercise channels) but I’ve never seen a similar obsession about getting enough fiber (something the average person actually undereats.) Is it just less sexy than meat? How important is it nutritionally compared to other things if you’re not an athlete or a vegan or something? Why is a meal that’s “high in protein” often positioned as good and why do you need to “boost” your meals?
Source: https://www.goodrx.com/well-being/diet-nutrition/too-much-protein-health-risks
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Two reasons:
1. Not getting enough protein is something vegans have to worry about. Its not unsolvable but a lot of the protein comes from animal products. If you eat cheese, eggs, meat, etc you dont have to worry.
2. Protein is what saturates the hunger feeling. If most calories are in form of fat or carbs (esp sugar) you will get nausious before you stop being hungry while eating. This will lead to you eating way more calories than you need, getting obese. You dont have to go full low-carb but including protein in meals will help you stay healthy.
That being said its never black and white and while having a protein deficiancy can be dangerous (also relying only on one source of protein that lacks some essential amino acids is also dangerous), overeating proteins with lots of essential amino acids (i.e. mostly animal proteins like from meat or milk) has been linked to increasing the cell aging process, which is why some experts suggest a diet where you dont eat meat every day.
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