Proteinaholic by Howard Jacobson, PhD on August 05, 2015 Are you a Proteinaholic? Take the quiz to see how you score. 1. Which foods are most closely correlated with type 2 diabetes? meat, dairy, and eggs fresh fruit potatoes, pasta, and rice sugary sodas and fruit drinks None 2. The National Weight Control Registry found the following contributed to long term weight loss: lots of lean meat and skim milk lots of whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables everything in moderation as little as possible None 3. If you want to get enough protein without eating meat, eggs, fish, and dairy, you have to combine grains and beans at every meal you have to consume vegetarian protein shakes that contain pea, soy, or hemp protein you have to eat lots of tofu if you're getting enough calories from plant foods, there's no way you can be protein deficient None 4. The US RDAs (recommended daily allowances) of nutrients like protein are the minimum amounts we need to be healthy the average amounts we should be consuming the upper limits of what we need more than what 97% of the population needs to be healthy None 5. Fruit contains very little protein, yet some endurance athletes compete effectively on an almost entirely raw fruit diet. They can do this because it's a trick question; there are no successful endurance athletes eating mostly or completely raw fruit diets their bodies, aided by healthy gut bacteria, can use the amino acids in fruit to synthesize all the proteins they need once they go through their stored protein supply they are no longer able to compete endurance athletes need less protein than the rest of us None 6. Which of the following has the highest protein requirements as a percentage of body weight? bodybuilders infants the bedridden elderly endurance athletes None 7. Most doctors, trainers, and protein calculators overestimate our protein requirements because they mistakenly rely on total weight rather than lean body mass they use highly inflated formulas they assume that active people need a lot more protein All of the above None 8. How many societies in history have thrived on a primarily meat-based diet? Most traditional societies thrived on a meat-based diet Roughly 5-10 societies have thrived on a meat-based diet only 2 societies, the Inuit and Maasai, have thrived on a meat-based diet There is no evidence of a single society thriving on a meat-based diet None 9. People typically lose weight quickly on a low carb diet. This is because they quickly lose water weight from glycogen depletion in the liver they experience nausea from ketogenesis and boredom from lack of variety using protein for energy burns more calories than carbohydrates Both A and B None 10. People "fall off the wagon" of low carb diets because they are weak and have no self-discipline they don't go far enough in eliminating carbs; they're ordering hamburgers but still eating the buns the diet is inherently unsustainable because our bodies are built to function on carbs, and therefore crave them intensely peer pressure and advertising of soda and pizza None 11. True or False: Farmed fish is a healthier option than meat from factory-raised animals. True False None Be sure to click Submit to see your results! Email (optional, if you want your results emailed to you) Time's up Comments comments
