OPTIMIZING YOUR PROTEIN INTAKE, (PART 2)
Hey everyone, have you wondered: “Why should I eat protein with every meal and snack? Why not eat most of my protein in 1-2 meals?”
Good question! 🤓
🔬 Here’s why:
First, studies show that eating more than 40 grams of protein in one meal is no more beneficial than having 15–30 grams in one sitting. So if you try to stack all your protein into one or two meals, you’ll likely to lose the benefit of that extra protein.
Plus, unlike carbs and fat, your body can’t store protein for later. Surplus carbs are broken down and stored in your body as glycogen or fat. Surplus fat is mostly stored as body fat. But protein isn’t squirreled away for later. Rather, after your body does everything it needs to with the protein that you eat in a meal, it uses anything left for energy or converts it into fat or glucose.
In other words, because your body isn’t storing protein AT ALL, you need to regularly fuel up on it! Otherwise, you don’t have much to work with to build and maintain your muscles, produce hormones, build and repair tissues, maintain your bones, support your metabolism, and so on. THAT IS IMPORTANT!! And DO NOT skip breakfast. Make sure it has 1/3 of the days protein and eat it before your carbs so you aren’t chasing blood sugar all day. Chase proteins instead, at each meal. (thank you Sue Lamdin)
Check out this excellent article:
https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/…/are-you…
➡️ I’D LOVE TO HEAR ANY TIPS THAT HAVE HELPED YOU EAT MORE PROTEIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PLEASE SHARE!!
