Shashi Kumar, Founder & CEO of Akshayakalpa Organic, has called out the frenzy around protein supplements, urging people to trust simple, home-cooked food instead of falling for aggressive marketing.
Sharing his own journey, surviving a near-death pandemic episode followed by a recovery from renal cell carcinoma, Kumar said he restored his health entirely through local, home-cooked meals and food from his community kitchen, with “zero protein or vitamin supplements.”
My Vitals are normal, No deficiency, No issues: Shashi Kumar
“All my vitals are normal, no deficiency, no issues,” he wrote. “If we are serious about our health and our destiny, we need to invest some time, not money. Stop gulping protein supplements like crazy, like no tomorrow.”
He argued that the panic about ais overblown and solvable with thoughtful food choices. “First, take a deep breath, and say, nothing major is going to happen if you are a bit protein deficient and start looking at your diet,” he said. “It is not complicated.”
Kumar also outlined how daily protein needs can be met through regular food without much effort.
“For an adult, 4 to 6 eggs a day will solve 42% of the protein requirements. Regular home-cooked food covers about 25%. Six to eight servings of fruits like guava contribute another 12%. A dash of 50 grams of paneer and a cup of milk can add another 20%,” he explained.
According to him, a little math and some permutations based on personal food preferences are enough to meet nutritional needs. “Believe me, it is extremely simple,” he wrote.
Kumar also questioned what he called the “shortcuts” promoted by the supplement industry. “What protein-selling marketing campaigns don’t say is that diet can provide protein, energy, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and the rest of the stuff the body needs. Supplement is a shortcut, diet is a solution,” he said.
Urging people to rethink their habits, he concluded: “Let’s wake up, let’s fix our diets.”
Shashi Kumar’s words are a timely reminder that good health starts in the kitchen, not in jars of powder.
