Noel King

And so a thing I wonder is, are we just eating junk food?

Is all the high protein stuff crap?

There's a thing that happens.

It has certainly happened to me, probably most people, where you realize that like you're not getting enough calcium, right, or enough iron.

And then suddenly you are slamming iron tablets and spinach and steak.

And then you read something that's like, oh, you should only actually be getting such and such milligrams every day.

We are as a culture really obsessed with protein right now.

Has anyone dug into whether we are getting too much protein?

We've all learned to be suspicious of big food companies, right?

There are a lot of problems with the American diet, and we're all aware of it.

There are a lot of chronic conditions that stem from the American diet.

When you think about what the story of protein and its rise and then continued rise tells us about ourselves, what do you think is the story behind the story here?

And your muscles got bigger.

There you go.

That is it.

That is why we do it.

All right.

Chris Gaiomali.

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Gabrielle Berbet produced today's show.