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Photo : Timolina ( Shutterstock ) Protein is great. Our bodies are largely made of protein, and if you lift weights, I bet you already know that eating enough protein is important for building muscle. But what if you just want to be healthy in general? What if you don’t even care that much about being healthy, but want to avoid overeating? Protein is important for you too. A new study has put the spotlight on a lack of protein as a potential driver of overeating. Its findings give more support to an existing concept called the “protein leverage hypothesis.” This is the idea that we will eat until we get enough protein, and so if our diet is made of low-protein foods , we may end up eating a lot of food, and thus a lot of calories, just to get our fill of protein. Sometimes people call this “protein hunger.” Why protein is important Our bodies don’t just need protein to build new muscle tissue. We also need protein to heal and repair damage. Our bodies continually break tissue...

Photo : ArtOfPhotos ( Shutterstock ) Getting a good meal of carbs and protein after your workout is a great way to fuel yourself and support your goals , whether you’re training for strength, endurance, or both. But what if you don’t have the perfect post-workout meal lined up? Is your workout wasted? 02:50 Chopping Basics Wednesday 11:09AM 01:38 How to Retire in Phases Wednesday 10:53AM You can’t “waste” a workout Before we get into whether the “anabolic window” is real, we need to address a pervasive myth: People will tell you with a straight face that you’re “wasting” your workout if you don’t fuel properly before or after. There is no such thing as wasting a workout . I literally cannot imagine a way to cancel out the effects of a workout. Exercise triggers many adaptations within our bodies: It puts processes into motion that build muscle, adjust the sensitivity of our cells to insulin, helps manage our mental health, and more. Exercising without eating properly is like ha...

Photo : Chepko Danil Vitalevich ( Shutterstock ) Both before and after Roe v. Wade was overturned, people made sure to pass each other tips about abortion access on social media. Some of these were helpful, like websites where you can connect with an organization that can help you get an abortion. Others were downright dangerous, like insinuating that anyone with an unwanted pregnancy can easily terminate it by drinking a cup of pennyroyal tea . Meanwhile, the scientific literature has documented deaths from self-administered pennyroyal. The stuff can cause liver failure. In truth, herbal abortions are far more dangerous than the medical kind, and they don’t even necessarily work. Or, as I put it in the post linked above: “This is a medical procedure. It’s one where you may be going into it not even knowing the appropriate dosage, the side effects to watch out for, the success rate, or the risks you are taking. Would you accept that for anything else?” https://www.tausiinsi...

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