High Protein Diets And Why They Will Work

By The Hoosier Diet Team

If you want to lose fat, one of the key ingredients you will have to add to your daily caloric intake plan is proteins.  High protein diets can work for you if you combine them with exercise. So don’t think that you can leave this element out of your program as every successful diet includes exercise.  There are two reasons why using a high protein diet will work for you.
 
First, protein is the key ingredient to building muscle.  If you have a lot of protein in your diet you will speed up your metabolism and give your body the fuel it will need to burn fat and build muscle, which is ultimately what you are trying to do whenever you start attempting to lose weight.  You are going to need energy and muscle mass that can repair and strength itself on a daily basis and if you have protein in your system this will not be a problem.  Some great foods to eat to up your protein levels are:

Poultry
Lean red meet
Any type of fish (knock yourself out seafood lovers!)
Egg whites
Cottage cheese
Yogurt
Tofu
Soy beans
Pumpkin seeds
 
Second, the reason why this type of diet works so well is because they do not deprive your body of any essential food group.  Oftentimes people choose diets that will leave out one element of the food triangle, usually carbs or fats.  However, your body needs all three elements or it will go into starvation mode and start lowering your metabolism.
 
High protein diets are aimed at increasing your protein intake which will help you cut down on carbs and saturated fats because high protein foods do not contain these belly busting elements, but still allows you to have some of them in your diet so you are never actually depriving your body of any needed nutrient.
 
You may be wondering now how much protein is enough to make high protein diets work for you, well roughly one gram per your total body weight.  Now granted, even if you consume the highest source of protein, usually fish or pumpkin seeds, you are only looking at 22 grams of protein per serving.  This does not mean you should gorge yourself, but rather supplement your meal with protein shakes and supplement pills to make sure you keep your protein levels up to par.  Being close is a lot better than being way shy of your mark.
 
In order for high protein diets to work for you, you need to know exactly when it is most important to be consuming high levels of protein.  You should have them for your breakfast (to jumpstart your metabolism), after workout (your body needs the protein to continue burning fat and repair muscle mass after your exercising), and before you go to bed (so your metabolism stays up while you are sleeping). If you want to make full use of your protein diet, you should make sure your highly concentrated meal or snack times contain them.

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