About High-Protein Diets

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In the 90’s, protein diets were all the rage. The idea behind them is to build muscle mass. Your body weight itself will burn calories, but muscle weight burns much more calories then the weight of fat and the muscle will also burn the fat you have because you’re not eating enough fat to feed the muscle. O.K., I know that might seem a little confusing but if your body is mostly muscle, the muscle will eat the fat your consuming. Your body really does need some fat. But there’s good fat and bad fat and it’s the bad fats that are stored and never seem to get burned up. Bad fats are what you have to avoid. So, the idea is to eat large amounts of protein and very little amounts of carbs or fat. Which might be great for those who like to take supplements.

This type of diet, and there were many like this one, were labeled “Fad Diets” because you can’t stay on the diet indefinitely. Your not getting enough nutrition, it’s not a balanced diet. So you end up taking supplements and that doesn’t always work. We don’t absorb nutrition from pills the same way, so you might not receive the same benefits that you would get from eating produce and grains.

Food is the fuel that runs your body, and if your body isn’t running right, I first blame it on your diet. Everyone knows, I would hope, that nutrition comes from the food we eat. In the last 20 years or I might even say 50 years our diets have changed considerably. We use to be more mindful of what we ate and how we looked.

Today it seems like we only have time to stuff our face. Fill our stomach with anything to get us by for a few hours and we’ll worry amount it then. And the decisions on what we eat are usually made by how much money we have and how much time we have. That’s one reason fast food and ready made or frozen prepared foods are so popular. The freezer section of my neighborhood grocery is about 4 isles. Plain frozen vegetables and frozen berries are the only thing I buy in the frozen food section.

Understand that I’m not against high protein diets, I just want you to understand that it’s a quick weight loss diet that you can use to jump start a long term diet plan. Some people need immediate results. High protein diets are great for us who like meat, eggs and cheese, but for vegetarians it’s a bit more challenging. This is were you might need to do some research. The internet is a good source, or the library or book store. Many books and articles have been written about high protein diets. If your looking for a way to lose the first 5 pounds quick, this might be one option. Check with your doctor or trainer first.

Losing body fat should be your goal. Read up on weight loss and losing body fat. It doesn’t cost money to lose weight. The internet is full of free information.

But the quickest way and cheapest way is to buy an ebook online and get everything you need in one short read. I have two ebooks on Amazon:

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Check out one of them, I think you can find all the info you need and plenty of tips on how I lost my body fat. 
Look for my e-books at the websites listed below. You'll get information on Healthy eating, exercise, and diet. Instead of spending hours on the internet reading dozens of posts, you can save time by picking up one of my e-books. 

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