It is important to add lean, healthy protein to your diet in the form of very lean meat, fish, poultry without skin, nonfat milk, low fat cheeses, including yogurt, vegetable protein, including tofu, beans, nuts and legumes.
The addition of low fat protein to your diet makes you feel less hungry, since it short circuits the appetite control mechanism in the brain. It takes your body longer to digest protein than it does to digest fat or refined carbohydrates. Protein causes a very gradual rise in the blood sugar, which, in turn, causes a very moderate rise in insulin levels and a satisfaction of hunger.
Adding healthy protein to your diet is easy. The following types of protein are considered healthy
1 Low fat protein foods, including fish, lean white meat of chicken or turkey, without the skin, and very lean meats particularly lamb and pork as opposed to beef, which has extremely high fat contain
2 Dairy products. Nonfat milk and low or nonfat cheese, yogurt, egg whites, and tofu are excellent healthy proteins.
3 Vegetable proteins. Nuts, beans, legumes, and tofu.
When you are on a low-calorie diet, your body needs more protein for production for energy and your body cell maintenance. We are not talking about protein in the form of cheeseburgers, hot dogs, bacon, butter and fat, fat and more fat, as proposed in many of the popular low-carbohydrate diets. These are considered unhealthy, high fat proteins.
What we are suggesting is the additional of small amount of lean protein with each meal to give the body the building blocks for your body metabolism. Protein can help significantly to modify your hunger longer than high-fat or high refined-carbohydrate meals.
High protein diet, which concentrate on limiting your carbs cause weight loss initially; however, you are losing weight because you are eating fewer calories, not because you are consuming fewer carbs. so it is very important to cut back on refined sugars and starches, and substitute low fat protein in their place. Also, add lots of fresh fruits and vegetable to increase the good carbs to provide energy for all of your daily activities.

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