by MikeandMida | May 15, 2025 | Plant-Based, Coaching Wisdom, Exercise Science, Lifestyle, Nutritional Science, Omnivore, SPC
Protein synthesis & its role in hypertrophy is, first of all, not the be-all, end-all of higher protein intake benefits.
So neither 1.6 nor 2.0g/kg/day represents a hard stop with no additional benefits from a higher protein intake. The reason why some people can claim that 1.6 is all that’s needed depends on how complete you want the conversation to be. But, when they make that claim, they are always, and only, talking about healthy, younger omnivores, and they are only looking at protein synthesis and hypertrophy. Seemingly doing so because they are convinced that human health, nutrition, and fitness never, ever go beyond these two things, and that everyone happens to be young, and an omnivore.
This is based on an incomplete understanding, or at least a limited perspective, on food, health, aging, and fitness.
by MikeandMida | Dec 18, 2024 | Plant-Based, Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle, Nature, Nutritional Science, Omnivore
The real issue with animal-based high-protein food choices is not about your individual health, nor is nutritional deficits. Assuming that you are in fact eating a healthy, nutritionally complete high-protein, high-satiety diet.
The issue is the planetary impact and indirect harm to all human beings.
by MikeandMida | Aug 10, 2024 | Plant-Based, Coaching Wisdom, Lifestyle, Nutritional Science, Omnivore
Think of Earth as an almost closed-off circular system with a finite capacity to handle annual pollution, natural resource drain, natural loss, and imbalances.
Now, take roughly 9 billion humans and add our environmental impact together, and you are left with the mathematical reason why sustainability matters when we discuss healthy food habits and our individual nutritional intake.
Case A.
Beef requires roughly 20 times more land than nuts, and 35 times more than grains to produce the same amount of edible protein.
