Avoid them like the plague. You'll do great without them and should easily be getting enough protein.

Avoid them like the plague. You'll do great without them and should easily be getting enough protein.

+1

someone else is going to chime in I am sure BUT....


eating meat and eggs does not make you "accumulate harmful cholesterol"

oh!  thanks :-)

it looks so innocent didn't look like typical spam :-)

a balanced diet contains more than enough protein. Avoid them.

It's true that weight lifters and other high-powered athletes need more protein than the rest of us. Recent studies suggest that a 200-pound athlete should eat between 120 and 180 grams of protein every day, while a 200-pound Internet writer can get by quite nicely on only 70 to 90 grams. A little extra protein for most people won't do much harm, so feel free to have a protein bar now and then. But you can definitely overdo it. According to a report in the journal Clinical Pharmacy, a protein overload can cause stomach trouble, dehydration, gout, and calcium loss, as well as damage to the liver and kidneys.

No-one on Paleo should need any kind of artificial protein like a protein bar.

Eating real food will benefit you far more than eating protein powders.

Of course the downside to that is if you do a lot of exercising and have a lot of muscle to maintain, cooking and eating 200+ grams of protein per day can be a little difficult especially when you work full time.  Not to mention how much 200grams of quality meat protein costs.

This is why I think so many bodybuilders etc rely on carbs to fill the caloric gap.  Any Joe blow can eat 300 grams of carbs per day, eating 300+ grams of protein (especially in meat form) is a entirely different beast.  That is a LOT of steak and chicken breast.

Kai Greene (a top bodybuilder) is one of the few that follows a more paleo approach in this sense.  He consumes 500-1000 grams of protein every day, and did it without powders for a long time.