Protein: Powerhouse or piffle?

Discovery

BBC

Science, Technology

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Take a trip around the supermarket and you'll see shelves of products claiming to be 'high in protein'. Scroll through your social media and you'll find beautiful, sculpted people offering recipes and ideas for packing more protein into your diet.

Science presenters Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber have noticed this too. They wanted to unpick the protein puzzle to find out what it does in our bodies and how much we really need. Can this macronutrient really help us lose weight, get fit and be healthier?

Along the way, they speak to Professor Giles Yeo from the University of Cambridge, Bridget Benelam from the British Nutrition Foundation, Paralympian hopeful Harrison Walsh, and food historian Pen Vogler.

Presenters: Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber Producer: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell Editor: Martin Smith

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0:00.0	I'm Kim Ketrau and I want to tell you about my new podcast a new audio drama telling the history of the CIA from the inside out.
0:09.0	The United States of America was suddenly its worst domestic attack.
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0:18.3	America has suffered its worst domestic attack of the 20th century at Pearl Harbor.
0:23.0	How do we make contact with the NKGB?
0:27.0	Central Intelligence, starring me, Kim Ketrau, Ed Harris, and Johnny Flynn.
0:31.0	There's $50,000 in it for you if you say yes.
0:34.7	Listen on BBC Sounds. Here's an easy way to get more protein in your diet without going over your calories.
0:43.8	Protein is your best friend.
0:46.1	Here's how easy it is to get over 150 grams of protein.
0:49.5	It's 18 grams of protein.
0:51.2	If you eat less, move more, and eat plenty of protein. If you eat less, move more and eat plenty of protein, you'll lose body fat.
0:57.2	What are you up to, Julia?
0:58.6	I'm just looking on social media and all the videos I'm getting targeted are all about how to get enough protein
1:03.8	into my diet and advertising all these different protein shakes and brands to me.
1:07.2	Oh yeah I've seen those before but I just don't know about it. I've tried the whole
1:11.6	protein thing before because I wanted to lose
1:14.4	weight but I don't think it worked. What are you drinking? It's a protein shake. Oh that's
1:22.4	disgusting.
1:23.5	The thing is, like, I feel like I've got a very diet,
1:25.7	but I worry because I'm vegan,
1:27.8	so I can't just like stick a chicken breast or an egg
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