PROTEIN:
Protein is found throughout the body – muscles, bone, skin, hair, and virtually every other body part or tissue. At least 10,000 different proteins make you what you are and keep you that way.
Protein has the highest (Thermic Effect of Food) 20-30% of every gram you eat is burned off and used to digest it. Yes, that represents a small percentage of daily caloric expenditure but it still amounts to several hundred calories each day and could very much affect body composition long term.
Let’s repeat that LONG TERM!
Protein is the most satiating macro,[5] especially for women,[6] which helps explain why high-protein diets promote weight loss and weight-loss maintenance.[7]
But why is protein especially satiating?
Your DNA holds the blueprints to more than 25,000 protein-based compounds involved in countless essential functions.
If you don’t eat protein, you die. If you don’t each enough protein #aminoacids, you might survive but suffer weakness, muscle wasting, impaired healing, accelerated aging, bone loss, heart problems, hormone imbalances, mood disorders, weakened immune systems, etc-etc…
Shooting for .7-1 gram of protein per pound of body weight is a good start.
So if you’re 140 pounds you’d shoot for 98 – 140 grams daily
The quality of your protein is important. Do your homework, be curious and find as much locally sourced avenues as you can to get that protein.
Try spreading the protein throughout the day as well as capping the total at each meal around 45 grams.
So start with more and then refine it so you spread it throughout the daily meals.
The quality of your protein is important. Do your homework, be curious and find as much locally sourced avenues as you can to get that protein.
