Protein Tracking Can Leave You Feeling Sluggish, Mira Kapoor Warns

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In Short: Mira Kapoor, an entrepreneur, shares her experience of feeling sluggish and disconnected after strict protein tracking, highlighting the need for a balanced approach.

Mira Kapoor, an entrepreneur, shares her experience of feeling sluggish and disconnected after strict protein tracking, highlighting the need for a balanced approach. In an interview, she explained, 'Learning to read my body took time and a lot of trial and error, but I started paying closer attention to how different meals made me feel a few hours later, rather than just tracking numbers.

While the world chases daily targets of 100 grams of protein, Mira Kapoor has taken a small step back. The entrepreneur tried the rigid life of high-protein tracking and realised it’s not meant for her. During a recent interview, she shared that strict macro tracking left her 'feeling sluggish, heavy, and disconnected from her body.

Protein awareness is justified, especially for people who are active, trying to lose weight, or not getting enough protein from their diet. Edwina Raj, Head of Services – Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics at Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore, adds, 'This is especially beneficial for people who are active, trying to lose weight, or not getting enough protein from their diet.

However, while protein-enhanced foods do offer real benefits compared to regular ones, for an average person who already eats a balanced diet with enough protein, the extra benefit may be too small. She says, 'Protein-enhanced foods do offer real benefits compared to regular ones, but for an average person who already eats a balanced diet with enough protein, the extra benefit may be too small. In such cases, it can feel more like a marketing-driven product rather than a necessity.

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By now, we all understand that protein helps with muscle building, recovery, and satiety.
But while protein awareness is justified, it has also been simplified into a single-macro obsession.

Sources

The Indian Expresslink