The farts. Good God the protein farts. No matter what kind I use. Brand, type, vegan, non-vegan, etc. Those damn protein shake farts can kill. The are the most unnatural smelling abominations the human body can produce. There are a number or reasons to not use protein powder supplements if you can avoid it. Actual health concerns. Yet in the end, it is the farts that stop me from using them.
You can use the farts to your advantage. If you are in a group, prepare your loudest smelliest fart as a power move to reach the top hierarchy of your circle of friends as quick as possible.
Comrade protein farts
I don’t think I get those, and if I do I’ve never noticed.
There’s other ways to get your protein. Turkey for example is full of it, and so are most meats (but turkey is leaner). Otherwise chickpeas and tofu for vegan options.
If you’re doing strength-training, 1g to 1.6g of protein per kilogram of bodyweight. After that you get diminishing returns. Even at my weight (~100kg) I can get 160 grams per day and not overeat, but it does require lots of turkey lol.
This might be useful, I made this with the goal of trying to increase my daily protein. The right column is the ratio of grams of protein per grams of carbs for a given serving.
Bottom line for me: vital wheat gluten (which you can use to make seitan, vegan steak, vegan chicken, etc) is as good as any protein powder.
Tofu gang rise up
Ya that was really surprising to me, that tofu has 4x more protein than carbs.
Or that edamame too has a higher ratio than 1… considering how cheap it is. A fit youtuber I follow suggested eating a ton of edamame, and I didn’t realize it was that high in protein.
IMO tempeh also deserves a spot on this list. I personally find it easier to digest than tofu, although I can’t really eat either straight up.
I do lots of free range eggs. Next year I’m gonna raise some chickens of my own so I will know they are well cared for.
Be real good to those chickens. 😤
I’d love to do this too.
Be careful if you live in an urban area. Eggs from chickens raised in city gardens can have a lot of lead in them. Like three times as much as in eggs from rural chickens. I’m unsure if this is a dangerous amount. It could very well still be so low that it’s not a concern.
It’s from years and years of having water run off lead from roofing and washing off lead paint chips, IIRC.
Could depend on your location. I’m unsure how you test for it. If you can find out that it’s an issue, growing sunflowers can absorb the lead out the soil. It might have to be giant sunflowers. I may have learned this on here, so you could post a question in the revolutionary garden community.
You may also want some red mite powder to ‘bathe’ the chickens in. It helps keep them free of, well, red mites, I’m told. Wear a mask. It’s supposed to be and is sold as safe, but there have been arguments that it causes lung problems. It’s not got hooks like asbestos, though, I don’t think.
Anyway, that’s all I know about chickens.
We live very rural and the land we are going to range them on is far back from any roads. City soils are usually contaminated from when leaded gasoline was used decades ago. Yet another instance of capitalism ruining the everything and making it impossible to safely live off of what you have.
Ah, the gasoline, too. Sounds like you already knew of this. Could even have been you who told me lol.
Yep. This is why we can’t have nice things.
absolutely rancid farts can be a sign of intestinal dysbiosis which is an actual health concern
This was something that came to mind. It’s been a while since I ate any lactofermented foods. I got some kraut I fermented a few weeks ago that’s ready to be eaten. Gonna start munching down on that regularly.
For me it’s mostly that it makes me feel bloated whenever I drink it. I recently got Creatine (5000mg per serving is best) with BioPerine(bioavailability agent)
I salute anyone who can stomach protein shakes/powder in general because that shet is DISGUSTANG
Happy for you, though.
I haven’t noticed it at all with pea protein, which I take several times a week. I usually don’t have shakes as when one puts fruit or other sugars into them, they get absorbed way quicker in the stomach and can lead to blood sugar spikes. Without fruit, I find protein shakes to be pretty disgusting, but ymmv.
Perhaps you could try combining them with more fibre… I usually put protein powder to cook in oatmeal with flax and chia seeds, with aspartame (to balance out the protein taste) with half cooked banana and uncooked blueberries.
I rarely drink the shakes straight anymore. I mix them with other food stuffs. I made these peanut butter balls where I added banana flavored powder and they were great. I had my first straight shake in months last night and my colon was not prepared for it. I even drank it steadily over like 3 hours with dinning in-between.
I have a container going stale for this exact reason. I should try mixing a little bit of it into my smoothies to use it up, but I’ve gotten away from it and just get all my protein naturally now. I think whole foods are better for long term health.
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