Dieticians say extra protein can do more harm than good...

[David1982]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19449377

No more than 55.5g protein per day from now on, OK?

[Mark Rippetoe]

The fucking BBC.

[JamesAE]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/aida...b_1853685.html

Proper reporting.

[AMJ]

It's amazing how many things today's professional dietician's are wrong about. Let's try to make a list:

- all dietary cholesterol BAD ('specially those damn eggs)
- all saturated fat BAD
- all grains GOOD
- raw milk DANGEROUS!!
- artificial sweeteners OK
- all vitamins INEFFECTIVE
- all raw eggs DANGEROUS
- low carb diet DANGEROUS
- high carb diet HEALTHY

[shaymus]

I dunno Rip, that article seems pretty legit. They even included Facebook quotes.

[cmdrfunk]

Fat, carbs, protein, and alcohol are all bad for you apparently.

[devnull]

OMFG, look at the label they posted on that article:



Very informative... I feel like I have a better understanding of the issues at hand already.

[Luke S]

"Although he still takes protein and creatine gym supplements, Richard says he has cut down from seven to four shakes a day."

7 shakes a day? No shit he was angry all the time. His diet probably consisted of whey and egg whites, and his shaky habit was murder on his wallet.

[Dilan]

The guy they mentioned was on seven shakes a day. What a moron. I studied with quite a few dieticians and nutritional biochemists at Nottingham university - even at a good institution like that, a lot of the stuff they learnt was dogmatic nonsense. And they were all fat and weak.

[quagmire]

recommended daily intake of protein (55.5g for men ...)

Why the hell would they have 55.5g? Why the 0.5g?
Would 55g or 56g be inappropriate? Is there any way science can measure the effect of 0.5g difference in protein intake?

The only reason I can think of is that BDA consists of quacks, and the 0.5 is just to make them sound more authoritative.

(And I havent gone into bodyweight and other issues)