Protein vs fibre

蛋白质与纤维

The Food Chain

2025-07-10

26 分钟
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Protein is a health and fitness buzzword – plastered on packaging, prioritised in diets and praised by fitness influencers. But is our preoccupation with protein overshadowing another nutritional essential – fibre? Ruth Alexander explores the science, and marketing, behind protein’s popularity with expert guests: Dr Emma Beckett, a food and nutrition scientist and communicator in Australia, and author of “You are more than what you eat”; physician and social media creator Dr Karan Rajan, who’s authored "'This Book May Save Your Life”; Scott Dicker from SPINS market research company in Chicago; Paul Kita, deputy editor of Men’s Health Magazine in the US. Producer: Izzy Greenfield
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  • I've come to a gym of all fitness in Timberley south of Manchester in England I'm not here to exercise.

  • I've got to confess.

  • I'm here to chat to people about protein It's everywhere right now.

  • In fact just here at the front desk a whole array of high protein products chocolate protein cookies Some kind of high protein doughnut.

  • Flat jacks.

  • This is a world famous chocolate bar.

  • And it's high protein version.

  • Peanut butter protein bar, marshmallow protein bar.

  • And in the fridge here.

  • Protein shakes of all sorts of different varieties.

  • Apparently you can even these days get high protein tea and coffee.

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