Everything You Need To Know About The Fat Burning Power of Protein

Without enough of this vital macronutrient, whether it’s plant or animal based, weight loss and toning your bod just isn’t quite as easy. Eat up to lean out with less effort, but also to feel more energised and less bloated.

Here are the top 5 reasons protein can help fire up your fat burning furnace – and a few other cool things too!

Protein preserves and builds lean muscle tissue

Muscle tissue is the most metabolically active tissue in your body, making it a potent fat burner. Muscle needs protein to grow and even preserve its mass, and this means protein plays a critical role in weight loss and maintenance. The more muscle you have, the more energy you burn through every single day. Not eating enough protein for your energy needs? Bye bye muscle and hello metabolic slowing.

Protein increases the number of calories you burn during digestion

Protein has a high thermic effect, meaning it actually increases your metabolism. A whopping 20-30% of total calories from the protein you eat gets used up just in digesting it! Compare that to only 10-15% for carbs and 0-3% for fats, and the science tells you all you need to know.

Protein helps fight off hunger

Because protein takes much longer to process than carbohydrates, you feel satisfied for a longer period of time. Try picturing yourself eating a big bowl of refined white pasta topped with tomato sauce… pretty easy to eat quickly, and you’d probably be ready for your next meal in a few hours, right? Now picture yourself eating the same big bowl full of nothing but grilled chicken. It’s unlikely you’d be able to finish it, and if you did you’d be happy to wait a long time until your next meal or snack!

Vegan protein does the same job

You don’t have to eat meat all day to score all the fat burning powers of protein, plant-based sources are just as effective, if not more so! Try algaes like spirullina and chlorella, beans with rice, lentils and other legumes, nuts and seeds, unprocessed soy products, green veggies and plant-based protein powders.

Nail your protein portions to reach your goals

You can use your palm to get your portions right and boost your metabolism the right way. Simply include a serve of protein the size of your palm at each main meal, or a serve the size of half your palm for snacks.

*BONUS PROTEIN POWERS

Without protein, your body can’t effectively make collagen to heal and plump up the skin. Mood boosting, sleep promoting hormones like serotonin, dopamine and melatonin need protein to work properly too, and human growth hormone for the repair of body tissues and to slow down aging also requires protein to be produced. So eat up to feel better, have more energy and to look better too, head to toe!

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