I am so tired of being tired.

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aLkaLiNE said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

I'm cutting out milk in a few weeks, because I'm mildly lactose intolerant. I can only have two glasses of milk a day before indigestion sets in. That's a pretty common thing though. The oatmeal is simple unflavored oatmeal that you buy in a big cardboard cylinder. I don't even add sugar or maple syrup to it. Whey isn't needed, but you have to buy a lot more meat otherwise, and that can get expensive. There's almost no lactose in whey so it's ok. It's also convienent, and helps repair muscle faster after a workout, since it is digested quicker than lean meats. I don't believe that gluten is bad for you. 

I wasn't suggesting gluten is bad for you. I'm suggesting it makes you tired. Same with milk. I guess gluten supposedly doesn't make everyone tired, but it does for me and there is a thing such as gluten intolerance. http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/gluten-make-tired-8804.html Or just google "gluten tired" and browse some of the results. I try to stay away from processed foods/drinks and grains largely fall under them for what it's worth. Could be a part of the equation you haven't considered but might start noticing if you look for a correlation and depending on how much of your diet has gluten in it. Also, if you want something protein rich, raw unprocessed nuts such as pumpkin seeds, almonds or walnuts are an absolutely stellar source for that in addition to being superfoods for a variety of other nutrients as well. Also gluten free (-:

Nuts suck as protein source, at least mine do. My almonds are 6g protein / 160 calories. I require 180g protein a day so 4800 calories, which is unfeasible of course.

My  ground turkey on the other hand is 22g protein / 160 calories. A much more manageable 1300 calories if I choose. Of course I mix it with a lot of other proteins foods, and the nuts are a good healthy snack. Just not for protein.

Edit: Actually here is an article that will explain it better than me. https://www.heathernicholds.com/nutrition/protein-in-nuts

Be better off eating Peas :).