Summary: --------------------------<br> ♦ The Protein Con Job ♦<br> -------------------------<br> Scott suggests that protein is over-promoted and over-consumed. He presents scientific evidence that shows it isn’t nearly as important as the industry wants people to think and may even be outright harmful.<br> <br> ♦ Much ado about protein ♦<br> <br> • Many medical professionals don’t stay current on diet and nutrition research and often participate unwittingly in spreading mistruths.<br> <br> • Protein consumption these days is supra-physiologic; we’re eating way too much of it. It’s not that protein isn’t important, it’s just not as vital as it’s being portrayed.<br> <br> • Protein deficiency isn’t a problem in the developed world. It's not something that you often see being treated at a hospital or clinic.<br> <br> • Protein is being hyped everywhere: in the super-market, restaurants, even in airports. To go further, protein supplements are being customized to specific diet niches: paleo, vegan, etc.<br> <br> • The industry promotes expensive protein and amino acid supplements that have been shown to be harmful.<br> <br> • Animal-based proteins contain the saturated fats indicated in cardiovascular disease and some cancers, but has been ignored as a problem.<br> <br> • T. Colin Campbell, author of landmark textbook The China Study, said that "the protein effect has been mysteriously ignored as a cause of disease."<br> https://nutritionstudies.org/fallacious-faulty-foolish-discussion-about-saturated-fat/<br> <br> • Campbell also wrote that "animal-based protein itself, when consumed at levels above the total protein recommendation may [promote carcinogenesis.]"<br> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466939/<br> <br> • Carbs from whole foods are healthy. Processed carbs aren’t. Yet low-carb-high-fat proponents equate processed refined carbs with whole food plant-based carbs to portray the macro-nutrient as unhealthy.<br> <br> • The body is too “wise” to rely on quantifying macros, as in grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight.<br> <br> • Satiation is a must for a diet strategy to work. Hunger obliterates self-control.<br> <br> • Scott doesn’t advocate formulas, but if one is needed, 80-10-10 is a good one: 80% carbohydrate, 10% fat and 10% protein.<br> <br> <br> [References]<br> <br> Meeker, D. R. & Kesten, H. D. “Experimental atherosclerosis and high protein diets”. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 45, 543-545 (1940).<br> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218739/<br> <br> Meeker, D. R. & Kesten, H. D. “Effect of high protein diets on experimental atherosclerosis of rabbits.” Arch. Pathology 31, 147-162 (1941).<br> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218739/<br> <br> Carroll, K. K. “Lipids and carcinogenesis.” J. Environ. Pathol. Toxicol. 3, 253-271 (1980).<br> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/6993609/<br> <br> Carroll, K. K. “Dietary fats and cancer.” Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 53, 1064S-1067S (1991).<br> https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article-abstract/53/4/1064S/4715101?redirectedFrom=fulltext<br> <br> Armstrong, D. & Doll, R. “Environmental factors and cancer incidence and mortality in different countries, with special reference to dietary practices.” Int. J. Cancer 15, 617-631 (1975).<br> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1140864<br> <br> Carroll, K. K., Braden, L. M., Bell, J. A. & Kalamegham, R. “Fat and cancer.” Cancer 58, 1818-1825 (1986).<br> https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1097-0142%2819861015%2958%3A8%2B%3C1818%3A%3AAID-CNCR2820581406%3E3.0.CO%3B2-4<br> <br> Hu, J. et al. “Repression of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transgene and HBV-induced liver injury by low protein diet”. Oncogene 15, 2795-2801 (1997).<br> https://www.nature.com/articles/1201444<br> <br> Youngman, L. D., Park, J. Y. & Ames, B. N.
