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6 Things About Protein That You Need To Know

Protein doesn’t just build muscles, it serves many other functions in your body. For example, it can be used as an enzyme to speed up chemical reactions.

Unfortunately, many people don’t know how to optimize their protein intake.

So here are some protein tips so that you can optimize your intake:

1. You need a couple hours to digest it: Therefore, it makes no sense to eat more frequently than every couple of hours. And there is no need to drink protein shakes every hour either. In fact, all you need to do is eat every couple of hours for the best results.

2. Your body can’t store protein very well: In fact, you run out of amino acids very quickly. And once this happens you will begin to burn through muscle protein for energy. So again, the best strategy here is to constantly eat food.

3. Saturated fat is bad, not animal protein: Animal protein is not bad for you per se. It’s the saturated fat that accompanies the animal protein that does harm. So don’t be afraid to eat animal protein. Just make sure it doesn’t have saturated fat.

4. Having a lot does more harm than good: You see, too much protein will have many ill effects on your body. One ill effect is a decrease in fat burning hormones. So make sure you balance your protein intake with other macronutrients.

5. Protein from food is better than protein from supplements: Despite all the sexy marketing claims, protein from whole food will always be superior to protein from supplements. So don’t empty your bank account on supplemental protein.

6. Soy will not decrease testosterone: There is no peer reviewed research showing that soy protein decreases testosterone significantly. In fact, soy protein is a really healthy alternative when you have limited access to complete sources of protein.

Getting your protein consumption cleaned up is a great way to enhance recovery and increase energy. So take action here sooner rather than later!

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