How's your macros?
Apr. 25th, 2026 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gemfyreIt seems everyone (or every marketing person anyway), is obsessed with protein and macros these days.
Now I'm going to be eating less (it's still a bizarre feeling, not having a constant "I'm hungry, what will HIT THE SPOT!?" feeling and instead having a "hmm, I should eat now, what is the best choice?"), I'm starting to understand this a bit. Apparently some folks suffer from lack of calcium or protein while on semaglutide so you have to be careful to ensure you get enough.
The neat thing is, I'm kind of familiar with this kind of diet management anyway. It reminds me a lot of ration era food advice and I think I'll be leaning on a lot of the advice and recipes from that era, seeing as it's already been a hobby of mine for... shit, it's been over a decade now.
Rationing advice explained there were types of food -
Building foods - protein and calcium, to build and maintain muscle and bone - as meat was scarce, this was often supplemented with legumes, cheese, powdered eggs, household milk, tinned fish, even whale meat in some parts.
Energy foods - carbohydrates, mostly bread (made with fortified National Flour) and potatoes, and a smidge of fat (dripping or margarine usually), to give energy to keep you going through day.
Healing foods - Vegetables (and fruit when available). Vitamins and minerals.
The recommendation was about half a kilo of potato per person per day! To fill you up with something relatively nutritious, easy to get and cheap.
During rationing the population was probably more healthy than it had ever been. Everyone got sufficient food, and everyone was encouraged to consume all of their ration, supplementing with as much fresh vegetables as was available.
Much simpler, but just as effective as wasting money on protein bars which don't offer any more protein than an egg.
Now I'm going to be eating less (it's still a bizarre feeling, not having a constant "I'm hungry, what will HIT THE SPOT!?" feeling and instead having a "hmm, I should eat now, what is the best choice?"), I'm starting to understand this a bit. Apparently some folks suffer from lack of calcium or protein while on semaglutide so you have to be careful to ensure you get enough.
The neat thing is, I'm kind of familiar with this kind of diet management anyway. It reminds me a lot of ration era food advice and I think I'll be leaning on a lot of the advice and recipes from that era, seeing as it's already been a hobby of mine for... shit, it's been over a decade now.
Rationing advice explained there were types of food -
Building foods - protein and calcium, to build and maintain muscle and bone - as meat was scarce, this was often supplemented with legumes, cheese, powdered eggs, household milk, tinned fish, even whale meat in some parts.
Energy foods - carbohydrates, mostly bread (made with fortified National Flour) and potatoes, and a smidge of fat (dripping or margarine usually), to give energy to keep you going through day.
Healing foods - Vegetables (and fruit when available). Vitamins and minerals.
The recommendation was about half a kilo of potato per person per day! To fill you up with something relatively nutritious, easy to get and cheap.
During rationing the population was probably more healthy than it had ever been. Everyone got sufficient food, and everyone was encouraged to consume all of their ration, supplementing with as much fresh vegetables as was available.
Much simpler, but just as effective as wasting money on protein bars which don't offer any more protein than an egg.
