• GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Is protein hard to come by now? It seems like something everyone is now really concerned about eating an absurd amount of now. I really wish people would stop treating their body like a character stat sheet. Mostly cause it’s annoying.

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      The protein thing is always an excuse for something they wanted to do. Otherwise they’d all be eating seitan, which has a higher protein percentage than any meat.

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      People are destroying their livers with the amount of protein that they are eating. Its an eating disorder clothed in the superficial appearance of “health”.

      Most of them arent even bodybuilders.

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        I work with a dude who eats 6 eggs a day! Like he’s some kind of ovaraptor. I will admit, I have a super low maintenance body as far as appearance goes. Im mistsken for being 10 years younger and am skinny jacked. I carb up before work usually and just kinda burn that off and that’s cause pasta or some kinda potato and veggie mush are what works for me on a time limit. Knowing some of this shit is part of my job as well so I looked into protein per gram on a few things and considering my seitan and broccoli intake im probably beat six eggs guy there too. But like…im not paying attention

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      Honestly, if you are very active or are working out on a regular basis it can be difficult to get your recommended amount of protein according to your size. It’s not as difficult as getting your recommended amount of fiber, but can be pretty difficult especially if you have diet restrictions.

      I don’t eat a lot of meat and I’m a fairly big and active dude. I think I’m supposed to get like 130-145g of protein a day, which I honestly can’t do without protein supplements. I usually do a pea protein shake in the morning and after a workout and I still don’t usually end up getting my recommended.

      I think it matters more if you’re active and especially older. If I didn’t supplement my protein my recovery after workouts is pretty gnarly.

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        Im vegan and work a very physical job, and because of said physical job I don’t work out, I also walk everywhere and am generally on my feet at least 12 hours a day. I guess I also tend to eat relatively okay compared to most…I drink too much and smoke a pack a day so I kinda forget my diet is actually pretty decent.i just like rice and beans and veggies a lot anyway

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    How tf would you even verify that what you’ve got is definitely human breastmilk and not some other shit lmao

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        Human breast milk tastes delicious. Like a subtly sweet almond milk with better consistency.

        Source: am dad.

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        Thesis: Taste varies by diet.

        Antithesis: Some transwomen can lactate.

        Synthesis: I need to start up one hell of a pump-and-dump operation that involves the phrases “caffeinated breast milk” and “notes of Monster Energy Absolute Zero Strawberry Dreams” sicko-fem

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            you’re confusing taste sensitivity with experience and knowledge. little kids also grasp at broken glass and touch hot burners, but that doesn’t mean they prefer those things. they are trying everything for novelty, which is why we don’t neglect them because they would shovel spiders into their mouths and rub sand-covered-hands into their eyes.

            but more to the point, infants have exceptional sensitivity to taste. it’s why most baby food sort of bland compared to adult foods. newborn to 3 months is likely the most acute sensitivity to taste one will ever have, particularly sweet/sour with a strong preference for sweet, which is why breast milk is, in fact, slightly sweet with some variation based on mother’s diet. not “terrible”.

            as we age, our sensitivity drops and our preferences shift.

            At birth, babies have about 10,000 taste buds. (You’ll have between 2,000 and 8,000 taste buds as an adult – they get replaced every few weeks. But as you age, some stop working or aren’t replaced.)

            How will my baby’s sense of taste and taste buds develop?

            Your baby’s sense of taste is well developed at birth, but their reactions to different tastes changes as they grow.

            Newborn to 3 months At this stage, your baby’s sense of taste is very sensitive. In fact, as a baby they may have a wider distribution of taste buds in their mouth than you do as an adult.

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      in this case since she is only doing this because it gets her more money than donating it to mothers who cannot lactate I am leaning toward no. I would say that her selling it is not unethical but buying it is.

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      Buying, probably not because economic coercion/exploitation is still coercion. In a communist society where exchange has been abolished, someone letting you drink their breast milk is probably vegan.

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      As long as the person Consents I guess. Technically, human meat is the only possible vegan meat.

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        While not technically correct, I bet when lab grown meat gets advanced and good and cheap there will be a lot of vegans who treat it as vegan, even though technically you could say it isn’t.