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The Inside Scoop on How America Became Obsessed With Protein
by Elana Spivack
May 1, 2024

Introduction:

(Inverse) America can’t get enough protein. From whey smoothies to protein-packed pancakes, pasta, and ice cream, the muscle-building macronutrient has become the guaranteed solution to all health ills.

“It’s this catchall,” Hannah Cutting-Jones, a food historian and director of food studies at the University of Oregon, tells Inverse. Want to gain muscle? Eat more protein. Lose weight? Focus on protein. Everybody, from your dog to your grandparents, needs more protein. But do they, really?

In the last several decades, we have, on average, consistently eaten more of this macronutrient than the daily recommended amounts set by health organizations. This is despite the fact that these groups have continued to decrease the recommended amount of protein we need per day. To complicate matters, we still haven’t settled on the ideal amount of protein necessary for a healthy diet. All of this combined has left protein — the one macronutrient yet to be demonized by the diet industry — in a scientific and cultural gray area. And it begs the question: How much protein do we actually need?

Read more here: https://www.inverse.com/health/how-ame ... -protein

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Alabama bans lab-grown meat, joining Florida among US states outlawing alternative proteins

Alabama became the second U.S. state to ban lab-grown meat, joining Florida which earlier this month outlawed the alternative protein.

Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Alabama Bill, which the prohibits "the manufacture, sale, or distribution of food products made from cultured animal cells," into law on May 7. The legislation was sponsored by Republicans Sen. Jack Williams and Rep. Danny Crawford.

Supporters for the bill argue that it protects cattle ranchers and farmers from lab-grown meat competitors and the measures also address the notion that a cabal of global "elites" are promoting unnatural food.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... 678952007/

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Alabama bans lab-grown meat, joining Florida among US states outlawing alternative proteins

Alabama became the second U.S. state to ban lab-grown meat, joining Florida which earlier this month outlawed the alternative protein.

Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Alabama Bill, which the prohibits "the manufacture, sale, or distribution of food products made from cultured animal cells," into law on May 7. The legislation was sponsored by Republicans Sen. Jack Williams and Rep. Danny Crawford.

Supporters for the bill argue that it protects cattle ranchers and farmers from lab-grown meat competitors and the measures also address the notion that a cabal of global "elites" are promoting unnatural food.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... 678952007/

There must be something more than banning lab-grown meats to protect cattle ranchers and farmers in these two states. Also, I would like to see which states will not ban them as well.

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Animals slaughtered to meet global demands (2024)

https://incendar.com/deathclock-animal- ... mption.php

(real-time)

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Eat Just Debuts Cultivated Meat in Retail at Singapore’s Huber’s Butchery

Californian cultivated meat pioneer Eat Just has hit a major milestone in the sector, debuting Good Meat chicken in the freezers of Huber’s Butchery in Singapore – the first time these proteins are available in retail.

https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/eat-just- ... singapore/

You can now cook cultivated chicken at home, thanks to Eat Just’s landmark move into the freezers of Huber’s Butchery in Singapore, making it the first cultivated meat product to be sold for retail anywhere in the world.

As the first company to ever receive regulatory approval to sell cultivated meat, the Good Meat chicken has been available at various foodservice points in the island nation since 2020. But moving into retail is a major breakthrough for an industry that has so far struggled to manufacture enough product and keep costs down for such a rollout.