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Too much protein? The myth that wears you out, and what your body really needs

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Bars, powders, protein coffees: we've never talked about proteins more than we do now. But eating too much protein exhausts the body. Discover where this myth comes from, what Longo and the blue zones show, how much protein your body really needs per day, and what it requires to be healthy.
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Protein bars, powders in smoothies, fortified coffees, yogurts with «high protein». There has never been so much talk about protein. On social media, the question has become a reflex: «Did you get enough protein today?» The keto diet promises to melt away the belly, the carnivore diet swears you can live on meat and water, and protein shakes lose ten pounds in three weeks.

But where does this obsession come from, and could it be that we are eating too much protein?

The word itself announces the color. In 1838, the Dutch chemist Gerardus Mulder named this substance «protein,» from the Greek proteios : «of the highest rank». From the moment of her birth, she is placed at the top.

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