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Protein & intake

Meeting protein targets on a suppressed appetite, fibre, and eating enough of anything at all.

16 topics893 posts4 solved Moderators: KLindqvist, bench_notes About this category

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16 topics

Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Protein & intake category lean mass loss micronutrients constipation Pinned Wiki Meeting protein targets on a suppressed appetite, fibre, and eating enough of anything at all. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded with…	+4	8	9.7k	22mo
Fibre intake when total intake falls, and the constipation link — one year on micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue Posting this under the heading it deserves: Fibre intake when total intake falls, and the constipation link — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. An honest uncertainty about Fibre intake…	+9	13	16k	16h
Shakes versus food: a pragmatic assessment lean mass loss micronutrients constipation Shakes versus food: a pragmatic assessment Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to know what people here actually do about shakes versus food, as…	+22	26	53k	20h
Tracking intake honestly when appetite is absent constipation fatigue micronutrients lean mass loss Solved On the subject in the title: Tracking intake honestly when appetite is absent Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin tracking intake down and I want to set out where I…	+109	115	4.8k	20h
Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much constipation micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin Protein density…	+97	108	3.6k	2d
Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake constipation fatigue lean mass loss Under review Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on micronutrient adequacy, before collecting…	+93	99	5.8k	1mo
Whether protein timing matters at a large deficit micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue Posting this under the heading it deserves: Whether protein timing matters at a large deficit Everything below is what sits behind that. A follow-up question about whether protein timing that I did not know…	+29	33	7.7k	4mo
Meeting a protein target on a suppressed appetite constipation micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue Meeting a protein target on a suppressed appetite Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin meeting a protein target down and I…	+39	44	11k	7mo
[2026 update] Whether protein timing matters at a large deficit lean mass loss fatigue constipation micronutrients Whether protein timing matters at a large deficit — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A follow-up question about Whether protein timing that I did not know to ask the first…	+4	8	46k	7mo
Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake — does this still hold? fatigue lean mass loss micronutrients constipation Solved Closed Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Collecting what is known about Micronutrient…	+21	25	45k	10mo
Follow-up: Tracking intake honestly when appetite is absent constipation micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue Solved Tracking intake honestly when appetite is absent Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A follow-up question about Tracking intake that I did not know to ask the…	+94	106	1.8k	13mo
Shakes versus food: a pragmatic assessment — the long version micronutrients fatigue constipation On the subject in the title: Shakes versus food: a pragmatic assessment — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. A narrow question about Shakes versus food, deliberately narrow, because the…	+36	41	28k	14mo
Fibre intake when total intake falls, and the constipation link lean mass loss fatigue constipation micronutrients Fibre intake when total intake falls, and the constipation link — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to establish the boundary conditions on fibre intake. The general…	+61	66	12k	15mo
Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much constipation fatigue micronutrients On the subject in the title: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much Working notes rather than a conclusion. Something about protein density versus volume does not reconcile and I would like a…	+89	105	20k	18mo
Meeting a protein target on a suppressed appetite — does this still hold? micronutrients fatigue constipation Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Meeting a protein target on a suppressed appetite — does this still hold? Posting a small dataset on Meeting a protein target. It is mine, it is…	+56	61	45k	19mo
Meeting a protein target on a suppressed appetite — one year on constipation fatigue lean mass loss micronutrients Solved Meeting a protein target on a suppressed appetite — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking about Meeting a protein target directly, because I have read four…	+15	19	19k	22mo

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