Protein may feel like a done deal, our culture’s hottest nutrient. But health professionals are still hotly debating it.
At one of the biggest nutrition conferences, hundreds of doctors, dietitians, and researchers packed massive ballrooms to discuss (and sometimes outright argue over) how much protein we actually need and whether the trend has gone too far.
“We have protein everywhere. It’s in vapes, it’s in Peeps, it’s in water, it’s a protein-palooza,” sports dietitian Leslie Bonci said during one presentation.
“It’s not that protein isn’t important. It’s taken on a life of its own, and that isn’t necessarily in the best interest of the…
