• istdaslol@feddit.org
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    I think LPL has a video in these. All you need is a strong magnet to operate the latching mechanism from the outside

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    7 hours ago

    The actual tool uses two magnets to unlock the mechanism and allow you to slide the tab.

    On the wider ones, the heel of your shoe to the center top of the clear plastic will cause it to bow and open up.

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    The best thing about this protein craze is almost everyone gets enough anyways and the body excretes excess protein so the cheapest and easiest way to get extra protein is to drink a gymbro’s piss.

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      I did the math recently and I think that in order to hit what the WHO considers the minimum safe protein for my weight, I would have to eat WAY more, like twice what I typically do.

      This may be a vegan-specific problem.

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      Only the nitrogen is excreted. The body converts the rest into glucose then fat. So the excess protein in everything is literally making us fatter and more unhealthy!

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      🤣 I do it to keep weight on so what puzzles me is people who drink protein drinks to lose weight. My diet plan is pretty simple (it’s just a basic hierarchy of choices):

      • eat the option with the most fiber
      • that being equal, eat the option with the most protein
      • THAT being equal, eat the thing with the highest polyunsaturated fat
      • after that, eat the thing that tastes best and has the least uncomplicated carbohydrates
      • eat the thing with the least trans fat

      I usually don’t even get past #2 and very rarely past 3.

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        9 hours ago

        Protein makes you sated much more quickly than carbs, so a protein rich diet compliments losing weight.

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          Maybe good protein, though protein shakes are often going to come with extra calories and junk that most people don’t need to add to their diet anyways.

          Especially if they’re using a milk base or adding chocolate/etc to make tastier shakes. It’s pretty damn easy to drink a surprising amount of calories. Milk can be more calories than beer by volume, for example.

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          Visceral fat is usually caused by protein deficiency, adding protein to the diet without any other changes to lifestyle or diet causes a reduction in visceral fat.

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        Nobody should be drinking those to lose weight, because weight lifting to the point of needing extra protein is very much a way to gain mass, and doing both at once(gain mass and slim up) is extremely hard. Weight lifting being the most obvious way someone might actually need extra protein.

        Other exercise, outside of extreme situations, doesn’t need extra-high protein intake, so it’s just excessive. Especially for lower intensity exercise that someone looking to slim up should be doing more of.

        Also with how much extra junk a lot of those protein powders/bars/etc come with, it’s just ill advised. Sugar, cholesterol, carbs, etc. Some are really bad choices in general vs just eating a normal meal.

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          Losing fat is more about gaining muscle to increase base metabolism. Drinking protein shakes also causes a loss of visceral fat in the absence of any other changes

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            It’s not “more about” gaining muscle. It’s purely about burning off more energy than you eat. Sure, that’s easier with more muscle, but it’s WAY easier to not eat 200+ calorie candy bars than it is burning 200 calories off, even with muscle.

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    If you ate protein bars you could just smash them open with your hands, at least that’s how I understand protein works 🤔

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      I imagine it has more to do with money density, e.g. dollars per cubic inch. If you sold gold bars, making them huge limits the amount that someone can sneak out under their trenchcoat.