[brodney]

The article mentions a 0.8% decline in protein concentration. That seems negligibly low. Does such a small variance really matter to foods?

The interesting part seems to be the increase in carbs/fats at 8% over the same 35 years.

[hyperpape]

I think the point is that protein concentration is staying almost constant but people are achieving it by eating more over all.

[a3n]

s/concentration/consumption/

Protein consumption is staying constant, because concentration has dropped, and people eat more total food to bring total protein back up. Acc to the article.

Which is a win/win for industrial food. The article says industry is incented to replace protein with cheaper fat and sugar. So a volume of food sold costs less to produce. And then people turn around and eat/buy even more, to make up for the lower protein concentration.

I sometimes feel played.

[fragsworth]

You could interpret the comment as protein concentration in humans stays constant.

[hyperpape]

Yeah, silly typo.

[weld]

People are eating more, hence the 8% increase in carb/fat consumption. But since they are actually getting a hair less protein it means people must be eating food with less protein in it on average.