Protein has had a strange year. Scroll through any nutrition content online and you’ll find protein bars, protein coffee, protein ice cream, and entire accounts dedicated to convincing you that you’re not getting nearly enough of it. The targets keep climbing. The anxiety keeps climbing with them. So I want to do something a little different here. Not another list of high-protein recipes — just a calm, honest look at what the research actually says, versus what the algorithm has been telling you. Let’s go through it. Myth 1: You need far more protein than you think This is the big one, and it’s everywhere. Some corners of social media…