01/13/2026
Let’s talk protein—for real.
Protein isn’t a food.
Protein is a structure.
It’s made of amino acids—the building blocks your body uses to:
• build muscle
• repair tissue
• support hormones
• create enzymes & neurotransmitters
• strengthen the immune system
Here’s what most people were never taught:
Protein originates in plants 🌱
Plants create amino acids using nitrogen, carbon, and sunlight.
Animals don’t create protein—they eat plants (or plant-eaters) and store those amino acids in their muscle.
So when you eat meat, you’re not eating “animal protein.”
You’re eating plant-derived amino acids that have already been broken down and reorganized.
That doesn’t make animal foods bad.
It just means the “protein only comes from meat” story is incomplete.
Your body doesn’t recognize chicken, beef, or tofu.
It recognizes amino acids.
Which means better questions are:
• Are you getting all essential amino acids?
• Is your digestion breaking food down efficiently?
• Is stress or inflammation blocking absorption?
• Is your nervous system regulated enough to assimilate nutrients?
Because more protein doesn’t equal more muscle
if the body can’t use it.
Understanding protein at this level changes how we eat, how we train, and how we coach.
Fitness education has to evolve—and this is part of that evolution.
