 Free stock photo from Pexels.com. 1. “As a trans man, you need less protein than cis men.”
Protein needs aren’t based on sex, but on body mass. To be truly anal, they’re based on lean mass, but, since this is hard to estimate, most scientific recommendations are based on body mass. The point is, you don’t need a certain amount of protein because you’re a cis or trans man, a cis or trans woman, or a non-binary person. You need a certain amount of protein because of your body mass.
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 Free stock photo from Pexels.com. It seems that, every day, a new brand is popping up, and everyone has become an expert on supplements and training. Hey, there’s a lot of great brands and products out there, but there are also those just looking to grab a piece of the money pie. Let’s talk about the recent “women’s creatine” trend AKA an excellent example of how the supplement industry creates confusion where there doesn’t need to be any.
A few days ago, I came across a product marketed as “the best creatine for women in the UK (…) for muscle growth, recovery, and wellbeing.” These are two of the benefits listed on the product page:
This kind of marketing affects most of my clients: cis women and trans feminine people who are worried about getting “bulky,” and trans masc individuals wondering how “women’s” creatine might impact their body. None of us need this shit, so let’s clear this up.  Free stock photo from Pexels.com. To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise. Wouldn’t it be cool to eat more and get to maintain your weight instead of gaining?
If you enjoy food, I bet the answer is yes. But is it possible? Also yes… but there are some myths regarding what’s truly effective. Let’s get this out of the way from the get-go: The only way to increase your maintenance calories is to induce the body to burn more, so that it will require a greater caloric intake to match the extra expenditure. In this article, I’m going to cover three facts and two myths about how you can increase your maintenance calories.  Free stock photo from Pexels.com. We all know this one: try to get in at least 10,000 steps per day.
However, such black-or-white, one-size-fits-all solutions are sometimes outdated or unfounded or lack the necessary nuance to be correct or helpful, which is why I’m not usually a fan of them. But is this one bad? Or is there something to it? |
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