Protein: Powerhouse or Piffle?

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BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.1 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Take a trip around the supermarket and you'll see shelves of products claiming to be 'high in protein'. Scroll through your social media and you'll find beautiful, sculpted people offering recipes and ideas for packing more protein into your diet.

Science presenters Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber have noticed this too. They wanted to unpick the protein puzzle to find out what it does in our bodies and how much we really need. Can this macronutrient really help us lose weight, get fit and be healthier?

Along the way, they speak to Professor Giles Yeo from the University of Cambridge, Bridget Benelam from the British Nutrition Foundation, Paralympian hopeful Harrison Walsh, and food historian Pen Vogler.

Presenters: Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber Producer: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell Editor: Martin Smith

Credits: @thefitadam/@TSCPodcast/@tadhgmoody/@meg_squats/@aussiefitness

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0:00.0	This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box.
0:05.0	The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from.
0:09.0	And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.0	The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape.
0:12.5	The IRA inmates who found a way.
0:14.5	I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path
0:19.5	through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.
0:25.0	The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them.
0:28.5	Escape from the Maze, listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.0	BBC Sounds, BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.
0:40.0	Welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4. I'm Vanessa Kasulae. This podcast finds the world's best
0:47.0	audio documentaries and puts them all in one place. Here's an easy way to get more protein in your diet without going over your calories.
0:57.0	Protein is your best friend.
1:00.0	Here's how easy it is to get over 150 grams of protein.
1:03.0	It's 18 grams of protein.
1:05.0	If you eat less, move more, and eat plenty of protein,
1:09.0	you'll lose body fat.
1:10.0	What are you up to, Julia?
1:12.0	I'm just looking on social media and all the videos I'm
1:14.7	getting targeted are all about how to get enough protein into my diet and
1:18.0	advertising all these different protein shakes and brands to me. Oh yeah I've seen
1:21.9	those before but I've seen it where they are incorporating
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