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Protein and Weight Loss:
Understanding the
Importance of High-Quality Proteins for Maintaining Your Desired Weight
Level
If you are a little (or a
lot) on the heavy side and want to lose some weight - and then maintain that
new desired weight level - then you need to understand some facts about how
high-quality proteins being present in your food intake regimen can help.
While there's no doubting that the vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients,
flavinoids and antioxidants in various fruits and vegetables are vital to
human health, high-quality protein sources are also imperative. Proteins
provide loads of helpful benefits for our bodily systems. Consider the
following facts about high-quality proteins:
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High-quality animal and
vegetable protein sources help the body to burn subcutaneous and
visceral
fat storages more efficiently. You see, proteins present the body with a
bigger challenge to assimilate and digest than do carbohydrates and fats.
That means that more energy is used up while metabolising proteins. When we
use more energy, our metabolic rates increase. When our metabolic rates
increase, we are burning more calories. And when we are burning more
calories regularly, we often begin losing weight consistently.
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Ingesting regular sources
of protein in our diets makes us feel satiated. When we feel satiated, our
brains do not tell us that we are hungry. When we do not feel hungry, we are
less prone to reach for more food. When we reach for food less often, we eat
less overall. And when we eat less overall, we take in fewer calories and
thereby begin to lose weight.
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Our bodies require
good-quality proteins for the maintenance,*
repair and growth of various cellular structures - muscle tissue in
particular. Most people understand that diet alone will not facilitate
desired weight loss; exercise is needed as well. When we exercise, we cause
damage to muscle tissues. Our bodies then direct our protein stores to the
damaged muscle tissues for repair. When the muscle tissues get repaired from
protein, they grow back stronger with increased muscular volume. By nature,
muscle tissue requires more calories to support than does fat tissue. Even
in inactive states such as sleeping, our bodies burn loads of energy to
support our muscle tissues. So, the more muscle that you have, the more
calories you burn in general – even if you're not trying!
The above facts about high-quality protein in the diet demonstrate that the
body utilises protein as the primary catalyst for influencing increased
metabolism.* And increasing your metabolic rate
is what it's all about in weight loss!
Tips for including high-quality proteins in your diet for facilitating
efficient weight loss:
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Including quality proteins
in every meal may help improve metabolism speed.*
Be sure to throw in non-starchy fruits and vegetables as well. Cut back a
little on
your carbohydrate sources like rice, cereals and other grain foods.
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To maximally increase the
metabolic rate, some research suggests eating 5 or 6 small meals every day.
This means a small meal once every 3 hours or so. Digestion burns a lot of
energy. Regularly eating small meals throughout the day helps keep the
metabolism sparked.
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Each small meal should have
a total caloric value of between 350 and 550 calories. 6 meals at 425
calories each will yield 2550 calories for the day. That's a good amount for
an average sized man with average physical activity levels. Of course you
need to adjust that amount if you are a woman or a larger man. Also, people
who engage heavily in physical activity must increase their caloric intake.
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If you truly want to spark
your metabolism optimally, consider adding fish oil supplements as well as
creatine monohydrate to the diet, providing your doctor approves this prior
to taking them!
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And always be sure to flush
with plenty of water each day! Regular servings of cold water will also
increase your metabolic rates. For extra special treats, throw in healthy
servings of green and red teas. They are loaded with free radical-destroying
antioxidants.
Including a few servings
of high-quality protein sources into your diet should spark your metabolism
and give your body what it needs to help maintain lean muscle mass. That is
one effective method of achieving and maintaining
your ideal weight level.
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High protein diets are NOT necessary for better or faster weight loss.
Changing your diet overnight may cause unforeseen health problems, therefore
always consult with your doctor or a qualified nutritionist before changing
any part of your diet!
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