Nutritional supplements are a massive scam?

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  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    bclarke1990 wrote: »
    Why eat nutritious, disease preventing, fiber filled, phytonutrient dense legumes and leafy vegetables when you could drink 60g of splenda flavored whey protein! Have to make those gainz #nocarb #nobelly

    Because having a balance of both would be horrific as well. There's a reason protein powder is a supplement. You do know what a supplement is, right?

    Plenty of lean people who consume carbs as well, so moot hashtags are moot.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,013 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    xSPICYx wrote: »
    NA1979 wrote: »
    6 small meals a day to "keep the metabolism going" but really they know it's hard to eat so much.

    I think they mean to break up your 3 main meals into 6 smaller meals. I'm making sub 1800 calories fit into 5-6 meals just fine

    Either way, it's false. No need to eat 6 times a day if it doesn't work for you. Meal timing is largely irrelevant to weight loss and body composition other than the really lean looking to get a touch leaner. And even then, I'm not 100% convinced.
    IMO this is the heart of the issue. No one says 6 small meals do not work, they can work. So can 3 squares, or 2 or 1. Just find what works for you...
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    The only protest I have with your argument @NA1979 is that I don't think the supplements industry is dictating this. I see marketing as a vicious cycle where the public demands a quick fix and the industry rushes to fill the gap. The manufacturer who takes the high road loses.

    Supplying a delusion is very, very profitable.

    Now upthread we have a MFP'er who has been recommended a specific brand of whey protein. Fitness trainers who do this are inexcusable.
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    Total scam. Just like wine merchants, they take advantage of your lack of knowledge to make out that they are some kind of fantastic product. You dont really need them. All nutrition is found in normal food...
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    I think most ads for health and weight management are just to make money. Their real value can not really be proven in most cases. It is in the same class as motor oil supplements I expect.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,037 Member
    sharakapac wrote: »
    My trainer has recommend I start using evolve why protein , for post work out . How is this going to help me ?
    Thoughts ?
    It's not unless you lack meeting protein goals. Most trainer's advice is broscience in the gym. They parrot information they've "heard" around many gym rats.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,037 Member
    The supplement industry is great at deception. Especially when it comes to marketing. You'll see print on ads saying "clinically proven" when the real truth is they are taking a clinically proven ingredient and just adding it to their formula at likely a very low dose to even have any effect. MUSCLETECH did this alot.

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  • NA1979
    NA1979 Posts: 223 Member
    I remember growing up,looking at flex magazine, muscle tech's adverts were the most convincing of all,with some ifbb guy and loads of graphs and bright colours, when you 20yrs old and impressionable, that's all the convincing you need.
  • NA1979
    NA1979 Posts: 223 Member
    I think macro goals without a protein powder for me would be hard to achieve without exceeding the carbs
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