12/12/2025
Foods commonly promoted as "high-protein" that shouldn't be:
- 80/20 ground beef (~70% of calories from fat)
- Most nuts (80-to-90% of calories from carbs and fat)
- Beans (70-to-80% of calories from carbs and fat)
- Sunflower seeds (87% of calories from carbs and fat)
- Quinoa (85% of calories from carbs and fat)
- Green peas (75% of calories from carbs and fat)
- Lentils (70% of calories from carbs and fat)