🙋♀️🙋♀️Hi - it sounds like you are referring to us regarding the "this week I saw someone pit a bowl of black beans against a steak in some sort of bizarre protein-off". We'd love to hear why you think it's "bizarre" especially when it was most definitely NOT an "eat this, not that" type of post. And if you're not referring to us, we still would love to know why you feel the way you do. There is zero context with that statement. For those who are unaware of the bean/steak post, it was an important exploration into the concept of the amino acid leucine - which is critical for building muscle - which (building muscle) is doubly critical in perimenopause and menopause to help us avoid sarcopenia and modulate our immune system (which goes awry with aging). In no way did we say eat ONLY steak, in fact, the post started with the words "this doesn't have to be one or the other, you can have both" - we simply used these two foods to illustrate the amount of leucine needed for muscle synthesis. We both really used to LOVE this newsletter when there was a tone of inquiry. Unfortunately, the tone these days seems to be more snark and smug, which is unfortunate.
Sometimes what we think we write and what we actually write are not the same thing. I see what you are saying here, but that’s not how your post came across, at least not to me. I didn’t mean any harm, and I’m sorry if what I wrote was hurtful. What you wrote was hurtful too.
🙋♀️🙋♀️Hi - it sounds like you are referring to us regarding the "this week I saw someone pit a bowl of black beans against a steak in some sort of bizarre protein-off". We'd love to hear why you think it's "bizarre" especially when it was most definitely NOT an "eat this, not that" type of post. And if you're not referring to us, we still would love to know why you feel the way you do. There is zero context with that statement. For those who are unaware of the bean/steak post, it was an important exploration into the concept of the amino acid leucine - which is critical for building muscle - which (building muscle) is doubly critical in perimenopause and menopause to help us avoid sarcopenia and modulate our immune system (which goes awry with aging). In no way did we say eat ONLY steak, in fact, the post started with the words "this doesn't have to be one or the other, you can have both" - we simply used these two foods to illustrate the amount of leucine needed for muscle synthesis. We both really used to LOVE this newsletter when there was a tone of inquiry. Unfortunately, the tone these days seems to be more snark and smug, which is unfortunate.
Sometimes what we think we write and what we actually write are not the same thing. I see what you are saying here, but that’s not how your post came across, at least not to me. I didn’t mean any harm, and I’m sorry if what I wrote was hurtful. What you wrote was hurtful too.