{"id":503560,"date":"2026-06-21T06:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/503560\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T06:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:19:09","slug":"protein-push-grows-among-americans-as-influencers-gym-trends-shape-diets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/503560\/","title":{"rendered":"Protein push grows among Americans as influencers, gym trends shape diets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new survey shows more Americans are making protein a bigger part of their diets than in years past.<\/p>\n<p>Our body can use protein as an energy source, but it prefers to use protein as a building block, Dr. Matthew Hitchcock says.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WTVC\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c15c30be-21e4-4d90-a916-c9a63e6575ea-steaks.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Seventy-one percent of Americans say they are trying to consume more protein, up from 59 percent in 20-22 and 67 percent in 20-23, according to a survey from the 2025 International Food Information Council.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Matthew Hitchcock says this trend stems from social media and fitness influencers.<\/p>\n<p>You are definitely seeing more influencers in social media out there, kind of talking about adequate protein intake, Hitchcock tells us.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WTVC\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/486\/986\/0x9\/90\/664b2848-f436-47a9-ad36-5626f7b32e4b-www.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hitchcock adds its not just about how much protein you consume, but what type of protein you take in.<\/p>\n<p>The protein that you&#8217;re getting from like a fast food processed chicken nugget is very different from the protein you&#8217;re getting from a lean chicken breast or a lean steak. It&#8217;s very different protein sources, Hitchcock says.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ww.png\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/da96cacc-d8a8-49bb-a6f0-e5ef92f36177-ww.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Christian Nguyen says he&#8217;s been an active gym-goer for nearly four years and has made protein a key part of his diet to help build muscle and improve his overall body composition.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>I like to have a main core protein, whether it be chicken or beef are usually my main two that I go for, Nguyen says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new survey shows more Americans are making protein a bigger part of their diets than in years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,85,46,543],"class_list":["post-503560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}