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Grams of protein in context One of the most meaningless stats bantered about by sophists is “grams of protein”. Why? Because proteins from different sources of food have different amino acid compositions and different bio-availability. So arguing that 100 grams of kidney beans has the same amount of protein as 100 grams of beef is not only not true, but is also quite asinine. Though, no matter how many times you point this out whenever you see popular memes littered around the internet, food religious zealots seem to even more fervently stick to their cultist beliefs. Regardless, for shits and giggles, let’s deconstruct the frequently posted 100 grams of beef versus 100 grams of kidney bean meme. PROTEIN To begin with, per nutritondata.self.com , 100 grams of cooked kidney beans has only 8.6 grams of protein . Whereas 100 grams of a beef, rib, eye has 26.2 grams of protein So you need to eat 300 grams of beans to get a similar weight in grams of protein. But again, “grams of protein” i

Cheerios a Health Food, Says Leader of White House Conference on Nutrition Dean of Tuft's Nutrition School Gives Top Rankings to Sugary Cereals Nina Teicholz Recently I had a popular tweet, which I thought I’d share it with you—since it helps understand why one might have doubts about the upcoming White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, billed as the biggest event on food policy in more than fifty years. Here’s the  tweethttps://twitter.com/bigfatsurprise/status/1548730633953968128 : (Full food-item rankings can be found  here .) This food scoring system, called the  “Food Compass,”  was published in  Nature Food  in 2021, with lead author, Dariush Mozaffarian, who is the Dean of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Mozaffarian and Tufts have also  led the development  of the White House conference slated for sometime in September. The Food Compass, which gives top ratings to Cheerios, Lucky Charms and Cocoa Puffs, is absurd