We were talking about my diet and I mentioned I drink skim milk, protein shakes, and a lot of meats to get protein.

Every word I said he kept asking "why, why do you do that".

I was told that it's stupid for me to try and consume 150g+ of protein because
A) I'm training/tuning my metabolism to use Protein?
My body knows what it needs. If it needs protein, it will convert sugar, fat into protein or if I need fats it can convert protein/carbs into fats

All these jacked body builders gain muscle only by steroids, if I opened up any Chemist book I would read this.


tl;dr hello Sour Patch Kids diet for ultimate swoleness.

This post was edited by ArtofApocalypse on Apr 19 2016 01:59pm

idk if that sounds right lol.. but hey hes the doctor?

Well. I'm sure gladiator's were jacked (or anyone who trained pre modern nutrition) and they didn't focus on protein to get huge. they just ate big to get big.

This post was edited by PartyInMyPants on Apr 19 2016 02:08pm

Not a historian but I was under the assumption that gladiators weren't that big, they are presented big by Hollywood.

I also thought that in the olden days, our diets consisted of Protein, eating animals, etc.

Sounds weird. Care to tell more about the protein thing? 150g is quite overkill for most people, though it's not at harmful levels either.

This post was edited by Neptunus on Apr 19 2016 02:23pm

Basically, protein doesn't build muscle so why am I trying to get protein. If my body needs Protein, it will convert fats, sugars, etc into protein.

I felt very uncomfortable, all my superior bro knowledge was getting shut down by doctor knowledge?

This post was edited by ArtofApocalypse on Apr 19 2016 02:24pm

Well, that would be a cardinal mistake. You get protein only from protein cause carbs and fats don't have nitrogen



I feel puzzled was he/she old? I mean, he's an internist, he's got to have that kind of basic shit straight.

This post was edited by Neptunus on Apr 19 2016 02:26pm

most gladiators were slaves so i doubt they ate very good.. unless they were champions im sure they were taken care of pretty well.

Not overweight but he did not lift, from Italy. I would say 40s

This post was edited by ArtofApocalypse on Apr 19 2016 02:30pm

The biochemisty of his statement doesn't add up.