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Is What Social Media Tells You About Protein… True?

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KQED

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.2727 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

“We’re in a protein craze, and it’s hard to ignore,” writes New York Times health reporter Alice Callahan. Social media feeds are inundated with claims about protein – encouraging protein-maxxing diets that contain many times the federal recommendations, and pushing supplements, artificial protein sources and lots of red meat. We’ll talk with Callahan and nutritionists about how to evaluate your own protein needs — and the risks of the online protein obsession. Guests: Alice Callahan, nutrition reporter, The New York Times Christopher Gardner, nutrition scientist and professor of medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center Stuart Phillips, professor of kinesiology and nutrition researcher, McMaster University in Ontario, Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Coming up on forum, how much protein do we really need?

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Influencers are inundating social media feeds, encouraging protein maxing diets that contain

0:59.3

many times the federal recommendations.

1:01.8

They're pushing supplements, artificial protein sources, and lots of red meat.

1:06.8

We'll talk to New York Times health reporter Alice Callahan about what's driving the so-called protein craze,

1:12.5

and we'll hear from nutritionists about how to evaluate your own protein needs.

1:16.7

Have you made an effort to eat more protein lately?

1:19.5

Tell us why. Welcome to Forum.

1:34.8

We're in a protein craze, and it's hard to ignore, says New York Times nutrition and health reporter Alice Callahan.

1:42.3

Social media feeds are inundated with claims about

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protein, with many influencers saying, we're just not getting enough.

1:49.8

Okay, protein. I just got to talk about it because that's what people care about.

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