Today's Protein Debate

[southernsoftie]

Just separating this from the Today's Gym Session thread, not necessarily my views:

Daily consumption of protein 1g/lb in weight.

Discuss ad nauseum...

[TheHeathens]

Just separating this from the Today's Gym Session thread, not necessarily my views:

Daily consumption of protein 1g/lb in weight.

Discuss ad nauseum...

Depends what you want to do - build muscle or piss out protein.

Different strokes for different folks - bodybuilders swear by the above, I reckon that its too much.

[CL]

Didn't Franco Columbo take 10 musclebolin steroids with his 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight a day?

[Mike T]

Even 1gm/kg is probably more than we need - and if it comes with animal fat ........

[Rob Furness]

I used to try and keep up with all this crap, and nowadays I just eat what I want and try to include fruit and veg where possible. Nutrition advice is quite complicated and not necessarily all that useful anyway. It certainly never helped me out, just aggravated my crohns, resulting in a net weight loss every time I tried to eat the "recommended" amount of food to "gain lean muscle". I went through this phase in my teens and have so far not been bothered to try and revisit it.

[CL]

I asked Eavesy a straight question but instead of answering it he lost his temper. Protein overdosing - which Eavesy was advising on the 'today's gym session' thread - was in full swing during the seventies. It came about because supplement companies who sold protein powders saw a way to take advantage of the tremendous change in physiques brought about by anabolic steroids. So they sponsored some of the top bodybuilders who in return promoted the protein lie.

Anyway that is how it started and that is how it is today. The same old nonsense spread from one generation to the next with the same old victims - usually teen age boys - getting hoodwinked by the new breed of steroid users.

I'm not too bothered about adults who are foolish enough to buy into the 'one gram per pound' philosophy; they get what they deserve for listening to iron heads and ignoring nutritional science. I think though that it is good to guide youngsters toward rational advice, so they can achieve their fitness goals safely and without wasting the little money they have.