Have you noticed the new way of promoting horrible food by telling you it has lots of protein
Kind of, but it’s definitely nothing new in my part of the world at least. And I’m guessing you weren’t around in the USA for the Atkins craze (or just didn’t notice) when grocery shelves and fridges/freezers were littered with high fat, high protein versions of just about every ultra processed food item you can imagine with giant call outs on the front about how much protein they had (and then fat content only disclosed via the nutrition label).
The behavior that makes my eyes roll are the foods that emphasize their protein content despite the product not being a particularly good nor dense source of it. For instance, a 50g cereal bar with a spiel on the front along the lines of “3 grams of protein in every serving”. Okay, so like, okay? And? I probably get more protein every night from the spiders I swallow in my sleep.
I wish I could get some spider diet like that rolling, I’m barely pulling upwards on 9ųg of per month where I’m at, though that’s not even counting the ones that may be occurring in plenty of the various processed foods/snacks that I am able to eat which may have some bonus arachnid carcasses in them on occasion.
I’m rather convinced that it’s a ploy by the animal ag industry to drum up business. It’s just a little too convenient that the foods that most people think of when they think of protein are animal products.
You know what doesn’t seem to be pushed, and is also something that helps satisfy hunger? Fiber. The supermajority (like 90%) of Americans aren’t getting enough fiber. Good plant-based protein sources are often packaged with fiber.
Kind of, but it’s definitely nothing new in my part of the world at least. And I’m guessing you weren’t around in the USA for the Atkins craze (or just didn’t notice) when grocery shelves and fridges/freezers were littered with high fat, high protein versions of just about every ultra processed food item you can imagine with giant call outs on the front about how much protein they had (and then fat content only disclosed via the nutrition label).
The behavior that makes my eyes roll are the foods that emphasize their protein content despite the product not being a particularly good nor dense source of it. For instance, a 50g cereal bar with a spiel on the front along the lines of “3 grams of protein in every serving”. Okay, so like, okay? And? I probably get more protein every night from the spiders I swallow in my sleep.
Found Spiders Georg!
I wish I could get some spider diet like that rolling, I’m barely pulling upwards on 9ųg of per month where I’m at, though that’s not even counting the ones that may be occurring in plenty of the various processed foods/snacks that I am able to eat which may have some bonus arachnid carcasses in them on occasion.
I’m rather convinced that it’s a ploy by the animal ag industry to drum up business. It’s just a little too convenient that the foods that most people think of when they think of protein are animal products.
You know what doesn’t seem to be pushed, and is also something that helps satisfy hunger? Fiber. The supermajority (like 90%) of Americans aren’t getting enough fiber. Good plant-based protein sources are often packaged with fiber.