"I drink protein shakes nonstop - three or four a day - and I run a lot, so you get rid of the bad carbs and keep the rest so you have the energy to make it through"
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The phrasing "nonstop" does heavy cultural work. It hints at compulsion and control in the same breath, which tracks with LaBeouf's larger persona: an artist who has often seemed to treat his body as both canvas and battleground. Protein shakes become a socially acceptable obsession, a clean, purchasable answer to messier questions about anxiety, stamina, and self-regulation.
Then there is the casual nutrition pseudo-science: "bad carbs" versus "the rest". It's not a diet plan so much as a moral sorting system, the way celebrity talk often turns food into virtue and vice. The appeal is its simplicity - delete the "bad", keep enough to perform - because performance is the point. Actors aren't just maintaining health; they're maintaining employability, visibility, and the capacity to endure long shoots, reshoots, press tours, and the constant judgment of being seen.
Underneath, it's a small confession: the body is being optimized to "make it through". Not thrive. Not enjoy. Endure.
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LaBeouf, Shia. (2026, January 16). I drink protein shakes nonstop - three or four a day - and I run a lot, so you get rid of the bad carbs and keep the rest so you have the energy to make it through. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-drink-protein-shakes-nonstop-three-or-four-a-106649/
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LaBeouf, Shia. "I drink protein shakes nonstop - three or four a day - and I run a lot, so you get rid of the bad carbs and keep the rest so you have the energy to make it through." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-drink-protein-shakes-nonstop-three-or-four-a-106649/.
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"I drink protein shakes nonstop - three or four a day - and I run a lot, so you get rid of the bad carbs and keep the rest so you have the energy to make it through." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-drink-protein-shakes-nonstop-three-or-four-a-106649/. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.






