[fieldbob]

This eating proteins seems like a some sort of mind virus these days propelled by clever marketing. I don't think anyone ever have to worry about how much protein they need the body tell you when you need to eat more protein it usually comes with desire or craving certain foods

having the condition that you need to eat certain amount of protein everyday is probably a lot worse for your health than eating to little protein one day

[lm28469]

> I don't think anyone ever have to worry about how much protein they need the body tell you when you need to eat more protein it usually comes with desire or craving certain foods

People can barely differentiate hunger from thirst, let alone protein hunger, what happens actually is the complete opposite of your interpretation though, low protein diet cause hunger, and since sugar and fat are addictive people go for these food first.

Your body doesn't send a lot of signals and the vast majority of these signals were for our ancestors who only had access to the most basic of foods in relative low quantity coupled with a lot of exercise. In our modern world of unlimited cheap calorie dense food that you can get delivered to your sofa in 20 minutes these signals are your greatest enemy.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2022.021...

> However, where low-protein diets are simultaneously high in fats and carbohydrates and low in non-caloric diluents such as fibre and water, the homeostatic mechanisms can be overwhelmed leading to positive energy balance, particularly where carbohydrates are rapidly digested non-resistant starches and sugars. If exposure is chronic, this leads to increased adiposity which itself can exacerbate the imbalance by decreasing protein efficiency thus increasing its deficiency and triggering further intake

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18296329/

> Several studies have shown that high protein meals and foods are more satiating than high carbohydrate or high fat meals

[fieldbob]

skip studies, skip science. This is yoga find out for your self. If you exercise, if you meditate if you eat organic You become receptive and sensitive and all the information you could ever want is right there available within Including what you need to eat

[naasking]

Your body's feedback mechanisms are only approximations, and furthermore need to be trained. You crave the foods that you've been regularly exposed to that have the nutrients you're lacking, but if someone hasn't been exposed to good food, they won't crave it. Telling people to eat more protein is a signal that they should pay attention to how much protein they're actually ingesting because it may be lacking (which it typically is).

[ch4s3]

There is absolutely no mechanism in your body to signal the need for specific nutrients or macro-nutrients. The signs of protein deficiency are simply hunger and weakness[1], which is pretty vague.

[1] https://www.uclahealth.org/news/are-you-getting-enough-prote...

[fieldbob]

This is a function of higher mind; awareness, you have everything you need I would go with instinct. Science will never be able to explain how this works, just abandon all hope of scientific rescue. You have everything you need within.

[ch4s3]

You're describing magical thinking. As a counterpoint you can look at the problem of scurvy on per-industrial naval voyages. They didn't have an instinct to eat citrus, it was discovered by a long and painful period of trial and error. As another counterpoint, historically "rabbit starvation"[1] otherwise know as protein poisoning has been an issue periodically. If people innately felt the need to consume fat in particular this wouldn't happen.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_poisoning