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Originally Posted by soundman98
my great grandmother had a saying that is proving more and more true as time goes on.
"Everything in moderation"
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That is a good message, but it is hard to watch the video above and think moderation will change those practices. Factory farming of meat is built to lower costs and maximize profits at the cost of the animals. They aren't going to grow the chickens slower. They aren't going to open up more land/pastures for grazing animals.
Most western countries are doing the opposite of moderation too. The average person in these countries already eats twice the amount of protein they need, and they are trying to eat more. The average person needs only 0.8 g/kg, and that recommendation was based on an upper tolerance level, meaning, if we consider the range of needs as a bell graph then 0.8 g/kg was in the top several standard deviations of the curve. Meaning, most people don't even need 0.8g/kg. Moreover, that number is more related to lean body mass, so a 100kg man who is 25% body fat needs less protein than a man who is 100kg and 10% body fat. There are 4 cal/g of protein, so 100g is 400 calories or 20% of a 2000 calorie diet. We only need half of that, so around 10%. Most people are sedentary, where only 10% of people get the minimum amount of recommended exercise a day, which is 30 minutes of a vigorous walk 6-7 days/week, so the vast majority of people are living a sedentary life, but eating protein like they are a body builder, but even body builders eat too much protein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/w...o-we-need.html
Here are some vegan body builders, and here is Clarance Kennedy, a vegan weightlifter throwing around some huge weight, so getting enough protein isn't even a problem for athletes:
