I experience the same reaction with GF soy sauce! Strange coincidence.
I agree with you re: The Nutri-Biotic protein powder taste. If I use it--which is rare--I usually spunk it up with some fresh fruit. I've always found most protein powders gross, though...wanna-be "ice-cream" flavours, and ice cream was something that always excited my gastrocolic reflex, or made me gag.
I agree re: protein obsessed North American culture. Perhaps it is in response to media exposure re: low carb diets (i.e. Atkins, South Beach, the Zone). Apparently there are a lot of people desperate to lose weight that are susceptible to the "Protein" miracle brainwashing media hype.
Ironically, when I wasn't vegan, I suffered from iron-deficiency anemia. I guess my body is sucking in more than enough iron from plant sources! Is it easier on the body to naturally absorb? I wonder.
I used to eat more soy, but with a strong family history of hypothyroid I've more or less phased it out. A few months ago it started "going right through me, " so I eliminated it, except in occaisonal fermented forms. My albumin levels are fine, I'm not anemic, and easily get tons of complimentary proteins without soy in my life.
Re: High protein/low carb diets. They deplete minerals, i.e. calcium from the body. Most people generally fail using low carb methods. Eat for energy, eat for life!
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