Protein Can Aid in Weight Loss
Protein plays an important role in our body functions including primarily building and repairing muscle tissue, but it also plays an important role in fat loss. There are many sources of foods with high protein content including many cereals these days, so be sure to check the packaging and the protein content of the types of foods that you are eating.
This short article by Kim Lyons of Fast Track to Fat Loss will briefly explain how protein can aid in weight loss or the potential to gain weight. It’s very important to balance all meals and snacks with carbohydrate-rich and protein-rich foods together. A meal with carbohydrates alone is problematic because glucose levels shoot up and then crash down. This can leave you feeling tired, hungry and weak and it gives your body an easy opportunity to convert that meal to fat.
When protein is included, however, you will not only stay full longer, but glucose levels will stay more consistent, your metabolism will work more efficiently and you will feel energized for a longer period.
Carbohydrates are digested in about two hours, but proteins take much longer to digest. When the two are eaten together, protein slows down the digestion of the carbohydrates and the energy from carbs is released more slowly.
In addition, eating carbohydrates with protein means that more carbohydrates will now be used as energy, sparing the protein which can be used for their primary function to build and repair muscle tissues.
So, for maximum fat loss, make sure that you include a complete protein source at each snack and meal. All of these reasons above are exactly the Protein Freeze product was created. It contains 22 grams of very high quality protein with only 2 grams of fat and sugar! It tastes absolutely amazing and goes so well with oatmeal, fruit and a variety of other healthy carbohydrate foods.
