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‘Bro-Science’ Overturned: Plant-Based Diets Build Muscle Just as Well as Animal Proteins
Study Finds ^ | April 21, 2025 | Research led by Andrew Askow and Nicholas Burd, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Posted on 04/21/2025 6:05:19 PM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 04/21/2025 6:05:20 PM PDT by Red Badger
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9 whole days, eh?
What a joke.
How do they know the vegan group wasn’t loading up on steak the week before?
There would have to be a washout period where they were all eating the exact same thing before the study started.


2 posted on 04/21/2025 6:10:07 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Red Badger

Not a good plan to believe all you read when so many studies are retracted for fraud and poor design. Espcially not studies that support the woke point of view. The conclusion of this study is frankly unbelievable.


3 posted on 04/21/2025 6:10:38 PM PDT by JayGalt (Fight! Fight! Fight!)
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To: Red Badger

Conclusion first.
“Science” second.


4 posted on 04/21/2025 6:13:48 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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90+ grams of protein from plants???
How long do you have to graze to get that much?

Rather let the cow process it for me and eat the cow.


5 posted on 04/21/2025 6:16:29 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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To: Red Badger
Vegan diet has no taurine in it.

Actually almost no modern diet has enough taurine in it.

With a very small sample over a short period I have come to the conclusion that it is a vital nutrient especially for the elderly.

So... you might want to take it. Or not.

Your choice.

6 posted on 04/21/2025 6:17:48 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Cows get huge. They have 4 stomachs...........We are not cows.


7 posted on 04/21/2025 6:17:55 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

All those so-called ‘Energy Drinks’ have taurine..........


8 posted on 04/21/2025 6:19:01 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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in a study they likely make sure they fed them variety of proteins needed, but in real life, most vegetarians or vegans likely are not focused on making sure they get in various types of proteins so the body can have all it needs to create healthy muscle and all the other things proteins do in the body. There wouldn’t be so many types of protein used throughout the body if we only ever needed one or 2 types


9 posted on 04/21/2025 6:21:26 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: doorgunner69

I’m a ‘Second-Hand Vegetarian’.

Cows eat vegetables.

I eat cows.....................


10 posted on 04/21/2025 6:22:55 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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“when protein intake”

There the lie. Vegan’s can’t match the natural protein intake of meat eaters. To match the normal protein intake of a 250LB body builder, the vegan would need to ingest 18 cups of equivalent plant based protein like nuts, tofu etc

Remember Vegan do not do dairy so they cannot use milk, whey protein shakes etc to beef up their daily protein intake.


11 posted on 04/21/2025 6:23:46 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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The issue of plant diets is calorie density. There is a reason why every herbivore eats all day long, but carnivores are closer to eating just on occasion.


12 posted on 04/21/2025 6:24:39 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I can promise I can land any plane that is in the air, because gravity only moves in one direction.)
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I wonder who financed the study - perhaps USAID?


13 posted on 04/21/2025 6:25:38 PM PDT by BobL
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14 posted on 04/21/2025 6:26:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: JayGalt

I have never seen a picture of a vegan or a real live vegan who wasn’t emaciated looking. They may build muscle just as well as meat eaters but they hide it pretty well.


15 posted on 04/21/2025 6:28:23 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe ^{^ )
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why can’t we eat what WE want to eat without the peanuts and tofu gallery judging us? STAY OUT OF MY KITCHEN!


16 posted on 04/21/2025 6:28:42 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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I do not recommend energy drinks, mostly because they taste weird and have a number of things in them that are not natural.

But that was partly what put me on the scent.

My dad has been failing for a while, muscle weakness and some other symptoms. Doctors have no real idea why and have proposed no treatment. I decided to see what I could find that might help. Honestly at that point I was throwing things at the wall to see what would stick. I was looking at everything that might help with muscle weakness and cramping. And taurine was one of the things that popped up as something body builders were using. I figured it could not hurt so....

He is actually getting up and walking around now and the cramping has gone away.

Not saying it was the taurine for sure. Just that since he has been on it he has improved markedly.

Or maybe it was just the enormous amount of prayer. Been doing that too.

17 posted on 04/21/2025 6:29:43 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: doorgunner69

About 9 cups of natural protein. That a lot of nuts and tofu to get to get the same protein load that eating 2 chicken breast will give you


18 posted on 04/21/2025 6:30:01 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

That is the sort of medicine when you get studies done with grants. The “scientists” had better make findings compatible with the desires of the source of the grant or he won’t get another. Studies of things that are plain obvious don’t get done.


19 posted on 04/21/2025 6:30:51 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe ^{^ )
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To: Red Badger

Study sponsored / funded by PETA?


20 posted on 04/21/2025 6:32:52 PM PDT by DAC21
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