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When is MORE PROTEIN Not a Good Idea?



When should you add more healthy protein to your meals? Is there a limit? Read further to learn more about consuming the right kind of protein, based on your lifestyle and other factors.


It’s useful to know that eating protein-rich foods helps dieters decrease body fat and lose weight. This is due to increasing lean muscle mass and improving metabolism.



Here some answers about adding more healthy protein to you diet:

Three recent studies have found that dieters who consumed 25-30% of their calories from lean protein lost more body fat and substantially increased the number of calories that their bodies burned at rest.

The challenge is then to keep track of your calories and the protein content. Don’t start increasing your calorie intake just to get more protein!

If you eat too many calories, no matter what kind of calories they are, you will gain weight. Even though some studies suggest that weight gain from lean protein is better than weight gain from fat and carbohydrates, if weight loss is your goal, eating the right number of calories is still the key to success.


What About Taking Protein Supplements?

So the easy strategy is to stick to your diet, and then just add protein supplements to your healthy smoothies?


Well, maybe not. Read further on the next page …

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