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- With all of the low carb diets out today, and all of thewonderful work Dr. Atkins has done to show us how cutting carbscan be a very effective way to lose weight, I'm sure that youprobably know about the great benefits of protein. If not, thenvisit my blog where I constantly reveal my findings on that.Anyway the goal of these diets is to increase protein intakewhile drastically reducing carbohydrate consumption, so thatyour body will burn fat instead of carbohydrates forenergy...very effective, although I really do not believe indiets which is another story.
- Anyway, I am always looking forhigh protein foods that are low in fat.Also there are manydifferent types of proteins that I have read about, but I putthem all into two categories which are regular protein andcasein protein. The difference is that regular proteins areabsorbed right away, while casein protein are absorbed overtime. As I mentioned earlier I am always looking for high proteinfoods and these are the ones I use on a daily basis that areeasy on the pocket and can be picked up from any local grocerystore: EGG WHITES - 4g protein Serving size: 1 egg No, eggs are not just from breakfast! I eat egg whites any timea day, even though my typical breakfast usually consists ofabout 6 egg whites. They have no carbs, virtually no fat, andhas only 16 calories! It's almost the perfect food.
- Tilapia fillet - 6g protein Serving size: 1oz This is another one of those perfect foods in my opinion...mostfish is and I'm sure that you have heard that before. Theproblem with fish is usually the price tag and that's why I liketilapia so much. It's relatively inexpensive and it's reallyeasy to prepare. Just add some lime, salt and pepper and sautéfor about 10 mins on each side and you're ready to go. Don't Isound like a chef?! Cottage Cheese - 31g protein Serving size: 1 cup Surprisingly I have read a number of articles stating thatcottage cheese is bad for you...one article even said that it'sthe "fat people's food." After reading that, I remember checkingthe label again to see if I missed something.
- I guess the reasonpeople think it's so bad is because of the high sodium contentat 918mb however, one of those TV dinners has about 930mg ofsodium...so I would rather eat a cup of cottage cheese than oneof those any day. I usually use cottage cheese as part of mylast meal of the day since its high in casein protein. Thisenables my body to have some protein when it repairs it's selfas I sleep. Soymilk - 8g protein Serving size: 1 cup When I am looking to add some mass I drink a cup of soy withevery meal. It gives me an added 8g of protein per meal at acost of 4g of fat...which is not bad at all when I'm bulking. IfI'm in a cutting phase, I substitute for a cup of skim milkwhich has 0g fat with the same 8g of protein but it doesn't havethe taste! Or I just grab a cup of the best drink ever...WATER!
- So basically these are four of the high protein foods I usealmost daily. I always look for foods with a low fat to proteinratio, while being easy on the pocket. For protein power I justdiscovered what's called "Non-Denatured" whey protein...It' ssupposed to be protein at its most natural form. I've ordered abottle from Sweden, I'll keep you posted.About The Author: Are you tired or STRUGGLING every single dayto lose weight or build muscle with no results? Or is it thatyou just don't know where to start? Learn the secrets to buildmuscle and burn fat ......
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