First, you can get a very pure whey protein with very little sugar.
B) I’m not saying it’s mandatory. I’m saying a protein shake, along with fruits, vegetables and water, is a good, reasonable, nutritious base of foods on which one can build a diet. There are many routes.
Protein is specifically important in gaining lean muscle, which aids BMR.
I don’t understand why this set (fruits + veggies + protein shake) is a good base.
It’s not mandatory as you can drop elements from it, add others and still get a good diet. It’s not complete as if you eat nothing but that, you’ll die pretty soon from nutritional deficiency. It’s a weird combo of real food (fruits & veggies) and an isolated food-like product (protein).
You forgot water. It’s a good base for lots of reasons. It’s simple. It’s cheap. It nutritious.
As I said, you can eat whatever you’d like in addition to this, but starting a habit of eating simple, cheap, nutritious things everyday is a great way to lose weight. It satiates and provides nutrition. It will give you energy and leave less room in your diet for garbage.
And again, as I said, there are many routes to achieving proper nutrition.
isolated food-like product (protein).
An essential macro-nutrient in a simple, quick form.
Water is excellent, though I have doubts that it’s nutritious :-)
is a great way to lose weight
I am sorry, are we talking about ways to lose weight? I thought we were talking about a general, to borrow a term from paleo people, Way of Eating, the goals of which are much more wide-ranging than just losing weight.
If you want to lose weight, I feel an excellent starting point is “Eat less, exercise more”. Start there, then adjust as needed.
A bit more specifically, in my experience carbs do not satiate well (unless you eat enough to fall into a food coma), fats are more satiating.
An essential macro-nutrient in a simple, quick form
Just like white sugar?
In any case, I don’t eat macro-nutrients, I eat food.
Yes, I know, technically speaking carbohydrates are not essential and you can live on a diet of fat and protein. That has issues with both practicality and health, though.
WTF?
Since when a protein shake (mostly soy protein and sugar) is food and even mandatory food?
I’m not sure I’m catching your drift.
First, you can get a very pure whey protein with very little sugar.
B) I’m not saying it’s mandatory. I’m saying a protein shake, along with fruits, vegetables and water, is a good, reasonable, nutritious base of foods on which one can build a diet. There are many routes.
Protein is specifically important in gaining lean muscle, which aids BMR.
I don’t understand why this set (fruits + veggies + protein shake) is a good base.
It’s not mandatory as you can drop elements from it, add others and still get a good diet. It’s not complete as if you eat nothing but that, you’ll die pretty soon from nutritional deficiency. It’s a weird combo of real food (fruits & veggies) and an isolated food-like product (protein).
You forgot water. It’s a good base for lots of reasons. It’s simple. It’s cheap. It nutritious.
As I said, you can eat whatever you’d like in addition to this, but starting a habit of eating simple, cheap, nutritious things everyday is a great way to lose weight. It satiates and provides nutrition. It will give you energy and leave less room in your diet for garbage.
And again, as I said, there are many routes to achieving proper nutrition.
An essential macro-nutrient in a simple, quick form.
Water is excellent, though I have doubts that it’s nutritious :-)
I am sorry, are we talking about ways to lose weight? I thought we were talking about a general, to borrow a term from paleo people, Way of Eating, the goals of which are much more wide-ranging than just losing weight.
If you want to lose weight, I feel an excellent starting point is “Eat less, exercise more”. Start there, then adjust as needed.
A bit more specifically, in my experience carbs do not satiate well (unless you eat enough to fall into a food coma), fats are more satiating.
Just like white sugar?
In any case, I don’t eat macro-nutrients, I eat food.
Ha. I agree. That’s from somewhere waaaaay up the thread.
Sugar isn’t essential.
Whey protein isn’t essential either :-P
Yes, I know, technically speaking carbohydrates are not essential and you can live on a diet of fat and protein. That has issues with both practicality and health, though.