Had a talk today with a guy who was sort of offended for some reason about me not eating animal products and lifting weight. He said I’d never get enough protein (never heard that one before!!!). Because lentils aren’t a thing in a world of steaks.

Anyway he said that you need at least 200 grams of protein each day when you lift but that’s of course nonsense. Not saying you shouldn’t do it, but you don’t need to either.

I’m averaging around 110-140 grams a day and I’m doing fine at ±80kg body weight.

  • bobs_guns
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    2 years ago

    also even if you ate actual estrogen, loads of it would be filtered out by a first pass through the liver. it’s not bioavailable by the oral route because it’s something the body can recognize as something that it shouldn’t get from food.

    and soy phytoestrogens are more likely to act as estrogen blockers than estrogens, though the effect is very weak.