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There's protein everywhere

  • 24-04-2016 9:42pm
    #1
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    I've noticed this lately. All the shops are selling protein milk, protein bars, protein yogurts and lots of other food with added protein. There's even protein wheetabix. It just seems like a lot. Do you even lift?


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  • #2
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,721 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Is there protein in whiskey?


  • #3
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Soylant Green - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/12/16/serious-question-would-you-eat-soylent-green/#.Vx1ACXQ1jqA :eek:


  • #4
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    There's protein in all living things so yeah, it's everywhere.


  • #5
    The Sidewards Man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭The Sidewards Man


    I spunk protein.


  • #6
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,494 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    .... said the forensic team who walked into the brothel


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  • #7
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    It's far from wheys and shakes I was reared.


    Milk and fish and a good hard day in the fields and there'd be no need for any of that nonsense.


  • #8
    Andre 3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭Andre 3000


    People are more conscious about their appearance and physique and most people think protein and protein alone will get them lean and ripped...that leaves a massive market for high protein enriched products.


  • #9
    Lavinia
    Registered Users Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭Lavinia


    Yea its a massive hype really.. like other things were before that (eg zero fat etc) and its only a question of what will be next


  • #10
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Gym Bunnies .... That is all..


  • #11
    Deregos.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭Deregos.


    Nuts


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  • #12
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Protein facials


  • #13
    the evasion_kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭the evasion_kid


    For the meathead generation...


  • #14
    Andre 3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭Andre 3000


    the evasion_kid wrote: »
    For the meathead generation...

    The meathead days are long gone...we are now living in the "aesthetics era".


  • #15
    the evasion_kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭the evasion_kid


    Andre 3000 wrote: »
    The meathead days are long gone...we are now living in the "aesthetics era".

    Yep,there's a pack of them that drink in my local,pure water retention with boy band haircuts,even the way they drink there pints is like they are flexing.then there is my mate who sits at the bar,hes built like a tank but doesnt show it off,he's been lifting for years but for different reasons,he would absolutely crucify them in a gym session...


  • #16
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    It's so they can charge fifteen quid for a small bar.

    Everybody knows protein is more valuable than Gold,pound for pound.


  • #17
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,309 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    kneemos wrote: »
    It's so they can charge fifteen quid for a small bar.

    Everybody knows protein is more valuable than Gold,pound for pound.

    It sure is the whey to go.


  • #18
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,936 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    In 10/15 years time makers of these products will be looking back fondly at the good times they had, laughing at how stupid and gullible so many people were for buying their stuff, making them rich. It's all sold based on hype and false hope.

    Fair play to them for exploiting the market all the same.


  • #19
    Minderbinder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Minderbinder


    As long as it's organic protein I don't have a problem with it. Then I can have it with my organic carbohydrates and eat it with my organic fork and knife.


  • #20
    the evasion_kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭the evasion_kid


    callaway92 wrote: »
    In 10/15 years time makers of these products will be looking back fondly at the good times they had, laughing at how stupid and gullible so many people were for buying their stuff, making them rich. It's all sold based on hype and false hope.

    Fair play to them for exploiting the market all the same.

    Not bad for a by-product of cheese production..


  • #21
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Loadsa protein in doner kebabs and battered sausages. I'll be ripped in no time.


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  • #22
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,657 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    I'm anti-tein

    They're grumpy bastards


  • #23
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭KungPao


    callaway92 wrote: »
    In 10/15 years time makers of these products will be looking back fondly at the good times they had, laughing at how stupid and gullible so many people were for buying their stuff, making them rich. It's all sold based on hype and false hope.

    Fair play to them for exploiting the market all the same.
    And 'gluten free'. I was eating a pack of corn snacks recently and it proclaimed with gusto that it had no gluten. Well yeah, it's made from corn. But with non-coeliac idiots buying these "no gluten" products for no reason, why not jump on the wagon to shift more units?


  • #24
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Protein Mars bar! 18g! It's healthy like! :)


  • #25
    jacksie66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭jacksie66


    This post has been deleted.


  • #26
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    Helped myself to some of these while in Mexico, yummy and full of protein:

    e5YgaRD.jpg?1


  • #27
    bigpink
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭bigpink


    jacksie66 wrote: »
    I went on a high protein, high good fat and low carb diet for a few months last year. Not much sugar either. The weight fell off me and I never felt better. Went to a metal gig, drank 20 pints and completely fell off the wagon. After Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath next weekend I'm back into it..

    The wagon?So how much you lose and what was the diet


  • #28
    jacksie66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭jacksie66


    This post has been deleted.


  • #29
    fullstop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,532 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    KungPao wrote: »
    And 'gluten free'. I was eating a pack of corn snacks recently and it proclaimed with gusto that it had no gluten. Well yeah, it's made from corn. But with non-coeliac idiots buying these "no gluten" products for no reason, why not jump on the wagon to shift more units?
    You do realise there's a difference between making the snack from a substrate that doesn't contain gluten as part of its composition, and marketing something as a gluten free snack?
    If there is any seasoning, all the raw materials in that have to be certified gluten free, with no carryover from anything containing gluten on that site, each batch has to be tested to ensure gluten free status etc etc. all that is not cheap so I'd have no issue with them making the claim to increase their target market.


  • #30
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,268 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Protein this that and the other. I smell a protein rat! SCAM!


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  • #31
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    jacksie66 wrote: »
    I lost close to 2 stone in about 7 weeks. Cut out most carbs and just had stuff like broccoli, avocado, eggs, bacon, lots of chicken. Lots of water. Lots. And no sugar. No processed crap. I can't speak for anyone else but it worked for me. I felt unreal..


    So it's what you didn't eat rather than protein,carb whatsit diet that lost your weight.


  • #32
    Dodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,320 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    kneemos wrote: »
    So it's what you didn't eat rather than protein,carb whatsit diet that lost your weight.

    But if you don't eat carbs, and don't eat protein, you're hungry. So if you cut out carbs, you need to increase your protein intake

    Protein fills you up, that's why pretty much every nutriotionist in the world advocates eating plenty of lean meat. Add in fresh veg and fruit and you're game ball

    No need for protein bars, shakes and the like


  • #33
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Genuinely thought this thread was going to be about a romance explosion... very disappointed


  • #34
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,711 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Its big business this protein for Glanbia, their whey sales are now outstripping sales of milk and cheese
    Don't let the mumsy image of its Avonmore branded milk and Kilmeaden cheeses fool you. Kilkenny-based dairy giant Glanbia is a corporate heavyweight slugging it out in the global sports nutrition market - and the gloves are off.
    SHARE
    The Glanbia story is a triumph of brains and brawn.
    In just over a decade, this former co-operative with deep roots in the Irish dairy industry has transformed itself into a behemoth of the bodybuilding and sports nutrition sector. Today many of its products are the No 1 choice of muscle-heads, elite athletes and professional cage fighters in a market set to be worth a whopping €20bn by 2020.
    Indeed, it's a sign of how far the Irish dairy giant has come since it was formed out of the merger of Avonmore Foods and Waterford Foods in 1997 that when Glanbia's full-year results were published in February, investors paid scant attention to its much-trumpeted new Protein Milk - and instead focused on its plans to flex its muscles in the high margin, high growth sports nutrition sector.
    Glanbia, one of the world's largest producers of cheese, has built a €750m global empire on the by-product of cheese - whey.
    Dubbed the new 'super protein', whey is protein-packed yet fat free - a perfect combination to help build muscle, fitness and endurance. Glanbia is now the world's largest producer of whey protein isolate - the fuel of champions.
    http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/glanbia-muscles-in-on-rivals-31134246.html

    Not bad going for an industry that used to throw the whey away after making the cheese. Now its their single most profitable product.

    I used to drink protein shakes after a long cycle. Must say I did find a benefit when it comes to sore muscles, it would just make you feel fresher inside or something.

    Its doesn't have to be all expensive €3 protein bars though- theres an excellent protein bar recipe here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055992322/19


  • #35
    Samaris
    Registered Users Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    Ah sure, pull up some lettuce from the garden and don't bother shaking off the slugs and bugs. There's some good protein for you!


  • #36
    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    Protein Mars bars and a diet cokes.....fcuk yeah! being healthy is easy.......


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  • #37
    RWCNT
    Registered Users Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭RWCNT


    Dodge wrote: »
    No need for protein bars, shakes and the like

    Unless you like to eat them! Quest bars are delish.


  • #38
    NiallBoo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭NiallBoo


    Food is food.

    There's nothing that special about protein bars/shakes, they're just very convenient and cheaper*.

    *unless you're getting fleeced - you shouldn't take the prices you see in Spar etc. as being representative - everything there is overpriced and the protein stuff is no different.


  • #39
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    I reckon in years down the line, all this excessive consumption of protein by many aspiring 'meatheads' etc.. will lead to medical issues, perhaps like early onset of Parkinsons.


    Protein shakes will have a whole new meaning...


  • #40
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    NiallBoo wrote: »
    Food is food.

    There's nothing that special about protein bars/shakes, they're just very convenient and cheaper*.

    *unless you're getting fleeced - you shouldn't take the prices you see in Spar etc. as being representative - everything there is overpriced and the protein stuff is no different.


    Over three quid for a small bar in Supervalue I've noticed.
    No idea what's in them that justifies such a price?


  • #41
    Lavinia
    Registered Users Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭Lavinia


    those "protein" bars are so full of bloo*y sugar that I'm not going anywhere near them.


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  • #42
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,052 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I'm trying to lose weight, so I've had to become more aware of protein vs carbohydrates. I'm not going for "no carb", but I am trying to get more of the former and less of the latter.

    I'm also on a budget, and if I walk around a supermarket I notice that (a) all the cheap food is basically all carbohydrate, no protein and (b) reasonable quality sources of protein are expensive. Lidl & Aldi have good cheap canned fish (mackerel, herring etc.) but they come in creamy sauces. So now I'm looking at dried (not canned) beans as a source of cheap protein.

    No wonder poor people tend to put on weight: we simple can't afford to eat healthily all the time. I wish I was a teenager again - I could eat anything and still be healthy.

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

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  • #43
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I drank a Mooju Chocolate Milk this morning that has 'High In Protein' stamped on the carton.
    I bought it for the chocolaty milky goodness.


  • #44
    [Deleted User]
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    bnt wrote: »
    I'm trying to lose weight, so I've had to become more aware of protein vs carbohydrates. I'm not going for "no carb", but I am trying to get more of the former and less of the latter.

    I'm also on a budget, and if I walk around a supermarket I notice that (a) all the cheap food is basically all carbohydrate, no protein and (b) reasonable quality sources of protein are expensive. Lidl & Aldi have good cheap canned fish (mackerel, herring etc.) but they come in creamy sauces. So now I'm looking at dried (not canned) beans as a source of cheap protein.

    No wonder poor people tend to put on weight: we simple can't afford to eat healthily all the time. I wish I was a teenager again - I could eat anything and still be healthy.

    While I think the protein thing is a fad, it not true to say good sources of protein are expensive, what about eggs, tuna beans etc.


  • #45
    elefant
    Registered Users Posts: 4,672 ✭✭✭elefant


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    I reckon in years down the line, all this excessive consumption of protein by many aspiring 'meatheads' etc.. will lead to medical issues, perhaps like early onset of Parkinsons.


    Protein shakes will have a whole new meaning...

    What is this based on?


  • #46
    Lavinia
    Registered Users Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭Lavinia


    bnt wrote: »
    I'm trying to lose weight, so I've had to become more aware of protein vs carbohydrates. I'm not going for "no carb", but I am trying to get more of the former and less of the latter.

    I'm also on a budget, and if I walk around a supermarket I notice that (a) all the cheap food is basically all carbohydrate, no protein and (b) reasonable quality sources of protein are expensive. Lidl & Aldi have good cheap canned fish (mackerel, herring etc.) but they come in creamy sauces. So now I'm looking at dried (not canned) beans as a source of cheap protein.

    No wonder poor people tend to put on weight: we simple can't afford to eat healthily all the time. I wish I was a teenager again - I could eat anything and still be healthy.
    Just eat plenty of veggies beans and nuts and you'll have more than enough protein.
    All this hype about how we will all die if we do not eat "enough" protein is just marketing, you will have more than enough protein if you just eat right, our real needs for it are actually really small.

    Do a research on it to educate yourself and not fall for all the media shi*e.
    eg
    https://www.google.ie/search?q=real+rotein+needs&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=ofcdV6mLC4ensgHi74H4Dw#q=real+protein+needs


  • #47
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    People have this constant need to look for shortcuts and the quick fix. If it's not crossfit, it's MPX or 'Zoo' (wtf?) or fking Tough Mudder or some bullsh!t like that. And now instead of eating fking food you have to ingest a protein shake at a specific time to get max gainz dude.

    Unless you are in the the 0.1% of elite athletes that actually need this sh!t just do some exercise regularly and eat reasonably healthily and stop being such a fuc kin cu nt.

    Sorry. I mean protein snacks are great and I highly recommend them.


  • #48
    rhabarbarum
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭rhabarbarum


    Eh, another trend. Probably came in to replace gluten-free everything.


  • #49
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,639 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    KungPao wrote: »
    And 'gluten free'. I was eating a pack of corn snacks recently and it proclaimed with gusto that it had no gluten. Well yeah, it's made from corn. But with non-coeliac idiots buying these "no gluten" products for no reason, why not jump on the wagon to shift more units?

    They advertise like that for Coeliacs or for people with gluten intolerance not for hipsters who think GF is the way to go, people who are Coeliac need to be 100% sure that food is GF, foods that are naturally gluten free can easily be cross contaminated in the manufacturing process or can contain additional ingredients that contain wheat. It makes life so much easier if it's advertised as being GF.


  • #50
    FizzleSticks
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  • #51
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Did anyone see that recent report about the uk government wanting to brand things as "occasional food". A jar of dolmio has the equivalent of 7 tea spoons of sugar!


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