Higher-protein diets have consistently shown to deliver better weight loss results than low-calorie, high-carb, moderate protein diets. Fitness enthusiasts and body builders have known this for decades. But, even today, some conventional healthcare professionals express concern over increased protein intake.
Often, this isn’t because those healthcare professionals have actually read research to show higher protein intake is bad. Instead, they’re just repeating what they’ve heard from other people they trust, who repeated it from someone else, and on down the line. In reality, higher-protein intake has been shown to be safe and effective for both health and weight management.
In fact, higher-protein diets are probably closer to the way we’ve eaten throughout most of human history. Humans haven’t been eating breakfast cereal with skim milk, chips, pasta, bagels and other starchy foods for very long, relative to the time humans have been on the earth. I find it amusing that the foods that have been around the longest and found in nature are questioned for their health value, and the foods that are new to the diet and made in a factory are deemed healthy.
The dietary guidelines recommend about 15% calories come from protein. That’s actually about how much protein the average American consumes, even though the media loves exaggerating things and suggesting Americans eat a ton of protein. Often, these stories include images of steaks, hamburgers, and other protein-rich foods. Nonetheless, we really don’t eat much of it. Instead, the average American loads up on carbohydrates and added unhealthy fats (the kinds found in processed foods).
The term “high-protein diet” is often used to describe a diet of about 30% protein. This is an important point, as I wouldn’t recommend people just eat protein. So just for clarification, we’re not talking about an all meat diet when we say “high protein.” We are saying a high protein diet includes more protein than the average person eats, which could be part of the reason the average person carries a lot more body fat than he or she should.
Higher-protein diets have consistently shown to deliver better weight loss results than low-calorie, high-carb, moderate protein diets. Fitness enthusiasts and body builders have known this for decades. But, even today, some conventional healthcare professionals express concern over increased protein intake.
Often, this isn’t because those healthcare professionals have actually read research to show higher protein intake is bad. Instead, they’re just repeating what they’ve heard from other people they trust, who repeated it from someone else, and on down the line. In reality, higher-protein intake has been shown to be safe and effective for both health and weight management.
In fact, higher-protein diets are probably closer to the way we’ve eaten throughout most of human history. Humans haven’t been eating breakfast cereal with skim milk, chips, pasta, bagels and other starchy foods for very long, relative to the time humans have been on the earth. I find it amusing that the foods that have been around the longest and found in nature are questioned for their health value, and the foods that are new to the diet and made in a factory are deemed healthy.
The dietary guidelines recommend about 15% calories come from protein. That’s actually about how much protein the average American consumes, even though the media loves exaggerating things and suggesting Americans eat a ton of protein. Often, these stories include images of steaks, hamburgers, and other protein-rich foods. Nonetheless, we really don’t eat much of it. Instead, the average American loads up on carbohydrates and added unhealthy fats (the kinds found in processed foods).
The term “high-protein diet” is often used to describe a diet of about 30% protein. This is an important point, as I wouldn’t recommend people just eat protein. So just for clarification, we’re not talking about an all meat diet when we say “high protein.” We are saying a high protein diet includes more protein than the average person eats, which could be part of the reason the average person carries a lot more body fat than he or she should.
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