Protein Basics

I’ll never forget the moment I realized I’d been thinking about protein all wrong. It was a Tuesday morning, and I was scrolling through my favorite wellness Instagram account while sipping my usual green smoothie. The post was about “complete proteins,” and suddenly I felt that familiar pit in my stomach—the one that shows up […]

Here’s a question that stopped me in my tracks during a recent conversation with my nutritionist: “Do you think all proteins are the same?” My immediate answer was yes, of course—protein is protein, right? But as she started explaining the differences between the chicken on my plate and the quinoa in my bowl, I realized