Tim Spector debunks harmful trend that ‘couldn’t be further from the truth’ about healthy eating
Tim Spector debunks harmful trend that ‘couldn’t be further from the truth’ about healthy eating
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Reems of health influencers and gym-goers have centred the need for protein for some time, but one doctor wants to debunk this trend as a harmful "myth.". Author and founder of Zoe Health, Professor Tim Spector wants people to leave the protein craze behind in 2024 and labels it simply a “huge” marketing effort, saying the emphasis on packing more protein into our diet is wrong.
He said on the Zoe Podcast: “Currently, there's huge marketing saying that we're deficient in protein and that we can't be healthy without extra protein snack bars, protein added to nearly all kinds of ultra-processed foods and that we're in a protein crisis. Nothing could be further from the truth.”.
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Spector added that people are being wrongly encouraged to streamline at least 50g of the food type into their diet, with most people eating twice the recommended amount. He added: “The average American is being told they need from all our scientific studies, about 50 grams a day.
“If they weigh about 130 pounds, it's about 60 kilos and they're eating double that. So we're similar in the U.K. eating about double the recommended levels of protein already. So it's a complete myth that there's a massive gap between supply and demand and that we need to change our diets.”.
