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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris24Main" data-source="post: 2743285" data-attributes="member: 585131">Just be a little careful with this - even if all of that is totally true, and you eat something which contains as much protein as steak in a pizza base - what you are eating is still starch and protein powder - not steak.Your body will break down steak using bile and digest the fat and protein together - this is what it's meant to do.If you load a bunch of starch and protein powder into the mix, you body will react totally differently. How it will react may be unique to you, you may find that the additional protein powder (which is almost certainly plant protein, not animal protein) does not give you a sugar spike, but it will have an effect on insulin, and there is plenty of research that shows that too much protein without the fat actually drives elevated insulin.but - if it's working for you...</blockquote>

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