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The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

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The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf

The student voice of Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Leaf

Protein is an important component of our diets, but in today's culture, there has been  a strong fixation on it in order to become or stay "healthy." However, this raises an important question: how much protein is healthy and when does it become too much? The Leaf staff investigates.

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Lexi Mendelsohn, Focus & Design Editor February 19, 2026

 In today’s diet culture, one word has dominated the conversation: protein. Protein has become the default answer to any and all of our dietary struggles, but why protein? Surely, there have been dietary...

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