6 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Protein
Sunday, August 29th, 2010Because protein is the hottest supplement in terms of sales, there is an abnormally high amount of marketing and false information surrounding it.
The bad news here is that if you don’t have a PhD, it’s nearly impossible for you to separate fact from fiction.
Thus, here is some critical information about protein that you need to know:
1. It can be stored as body fat: In fact, your body has all the necessary tools to do this. So don’t assume that you can eat as much protein as you want without it being stored as body fat. In fact, if your protein has a lot of fat in it, you can gain weight very quickly.
2. Carbs protect body protein: Eating more protein does not prevent your body from burning lean muscle tissue. Eating carbs, on the other hand, does prevent your body from burning through lean muscle tissue because carbs provide energy.
3. Make sure at least one quarter of your intake comes from protein: Have less than this and you run the risk of getting hungry all the time. Have more than this and you run the risk of decreasing performance and burning through lean tissue.
4. Too much protein causes your body to excrete calcium: In fact, people on extremely high protein diets run the risk of developing brittle bones. Now if you are resistance training this is less of a concern. However, it’s a concern nonetheless.
5. It requires a lot of water for digestion: In fact, protein requires seven more times water than fat or carbohydrates for digestion. So if you increase your protein intake you will have to disproportionately increase your water intake.
6. Solid protein is better than liquid protein: Despite what all the marketers would have you believe, solid protein will almost always be better than liquid protein. You see, solid protein digests much slower than liquid protein.
The consumption of protein doesn’t have to become a mental maze. Just make sure you take action here sooner rather than later!
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