No average Americans are suffering from lack of protein. The protein craze drives me nuts.
The average American lacks fiber and leafy greens.
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2025
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It's probably the most lacking of the 3 majors though, between fast food and processed pre-pack stuff.
Still, it seems to have held on a lot longer than the period where everything needed to announce itself as gluten free.
I agree with snot flickerman here. I would say number one is water, then fiber, and then maybe protein but given meat consumption at that level it is not so much a lack as much as an imbalance with what comes after it. Fats, simple carbs, and sugars (to me there are three levels of carbs with fiber, simple, and sugar)
Imbalance would be a better phrasing, yeah. More meant people scarf down an awful lot of sugars and fats compared to lean meats or dairy.
I've commonly heard around 1 gram / kg, which can still be a trick for someone who's on the larger side. I would be a bit over 100 kg so with most of those bars or shakes being around 20g that adds up to a good half dozen or the real food equivalent.
that sounds round up to me as I have heard more like .7 or .8 and even then im not sure how much its nudged up by modern mania around it given how common it may have been in history and even then it should be based on where your weight should be as opposed to at to me. eggs have 7 or 8 grams and a burger can have 20 or 25 grams. Plants have protein to and a serving of rice and beans can be like 15 to 20. Im betting the average american without trying eats 80 grams or more of protein a day.
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