Quote Originally Posted by markam View Post
Well, counting your total calorie intake and macros ain't exactly a walk in the park, either. In my opinion I eat very healthy food 90% of the time, and by supplementing with BCAAs and EAAs I don't have to consume a small farmyard of animals to get my daily protein requirements.
It takes far more effort to follow the protocol you outlined than to count macros. EAA/BCAA is no substitution for whole foods and this mentality is one of the biggest plagues out there right now. Too much reliance on supplements when the overwhelming majority of them are for convenience and not necessity. With each year, I find myself using fewer and fewer supplements. My "staples" used to be near 10 or so per day, but it's down to four: fish oil, NaRALA, digestive enzymes, and Erase (on-cycle AI).

Again, the amount of time that people put into micromanaging their supplements blows my mind, especially when they put maybe 1/10th of that amount of effort into training templates and cooking.