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bill_schubert) wrote2025-06-11 11:30 am
bill_schubert) wrote2025-06-11 11:30 am
Protein
We were watching TV last night and there was a commercial for a protein drink that promoted it as having 30 Grams of protein. Dana said 'that's too much' meaning that it was kind of a gimmick that was not really good for you.
The protein craze is clearly a thing now. I'm still waiting for the carb craze and/or the french fry (I'll even take freedom fries) craze. But for now it is protein.
I didn't really think 30 grams was a lot but did an AI investigation. 30 grams is not only NOT too much it is only a quarter of what I'm supposed to have at my age and weight every day.
Somewhere I had come across and have been focused on getting 30ish grams of protein for breakfast. It is not too hard. Milk and orange juice and a pea protein power is my favorite. With or without extra fruit.
But from what I've been able to read I'm supposed to have that much four times a day. Starting at 70 I'm fighting muscle mass loss harder than I have been and I've already lost a lot. The way to do that is pump up the protein.
I can feel the loss of muscle when I ride my bike. It is a little disturbing. I'm working on it. The fix is to ride more and increase the hills. I'm doing that. The other fix is to increase protein intake.
I've been so fortunate to be able, for the most part, to ignore nutrition. I ate Charles Chips like they were going out of business most of my childhood and exited that phase with a 28" waist. And that was without much exercise. It did catch up with me and I got better at it and took care of the intake and the exercise but still never really did much tracking or really paid much attention.
So, now I am counting protein grams. Fortunately I love cottage cheese, yogurt, nuts and the protein mix I have. So it is just a matter of paying attention and executing.
The protein craze is clearly a thing now. I'm still waiting for the carb craze and/or the french fry (I'll even take freedom fries) craze. But for now it is protein.
I didn't really think 30 grams was a lot but did an AI investigation. 30 grams is not only NOT too much it is only a quarter of what I'm supposed to have at my age and weight every day.
Somewhere I had come across and have been focused on getting 30ish grams of protein for breakfast. It is not too hard. Milk and orange juice and a pea protein power is my favorite. With or without extra fruit.
But from what I've been able to read I'm supposed to have that much four times a day. Starting at 70 I'm fighting muscle mass loss harder than I have been and I've already lost a lot. The way to do that is pump up the protein.
I can feel the loss of muscle when I ride my bike. It is a little disturbing. I'm working on it. The fix is to ride more and increase the hills. I'm doing that. The other fix is to increase protein intake.
I've been so fortunate to be able, for the most part, to ignore nutrition. I ate Charles Chips like they were going out of business most of my childhood and exited that phase with a 28" waist. And that was without much exercise. It did catch up with me and I got better at it and took care of the intake and the exercise but still never really did much tracking or really paid much attention.
So, now I am counting protein grams. Fortunately I love cottage cheese, yogurt, nuts and the protein mix I have. So it is just a matter of paying attention and executing.