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Studies show that a high protein/low carb diet helps you lose your fat faster without affecting your muscles. Traditional diets are low in proteins and when your body receives few proteins it often absorbs them from your muscular tissue. Specialists made some experiments with two groups of people: Group 1 had to follow a diet based most on proteins and Group 2 had to follow one based most on carbohydrates. Both groups consumed equal amounts of calories; Group 1 had a longer exercise program than Group2. After the experiment ended the results showed that high protein diet gave more energy and people were able to perform more exercises. Group 1 had 0 muscle loss but Group 2 lost almost 30% of the muscle mass and had less energy when performing the exercises. Specialists came to the conclusion that a high protein group not only makes you lose more weight but also gives you more energy. So why not try to follow such a diet?
First let's understand how important proteins are for our health. To maintain its vital functions metabolism is helped by three major nutrients: protein, carbohydrates and fats. Proteins help form, grow and repair the cells and tissue. Hormones and antibodies are also produced with the help of proteins as these and different enzymes unify. When your diet is low in carbs or fat, proteins make sure that you have enough energy. Nowadays nutritionists tend to recommend more diets which are based on proteins. If you try a common diet you will see that at first you will lose only the water from your body and starve. If you starve your body will start taking all the energy it needs from your muscle tissue and not from your fat tissue.
People who suffer from chronic diseases are advised to avoid this diet or at least see a doctor and make sure that such a diet is appropriate for them. Before you start you need to know that you have to eat only aliments that are high in proteins and low in fats and carbs. You can prepare food in certain ways if you want to reduce the amount of fat it contains.
Animal products have the highest level of protein but they also contain fat so be careful! For example chicken is a great choice but as long as you make sure you remove the skin or any visible fat before cooking it; if you grill or boil it all the fat will be gone and you can eat it with trust. Fish is another important source of protein especially ocean fish; avoid carp or other types of freshwater fish. You can eat boiled or grilled fish, both are healthy alternatives. If you like canned fish make sure it's ocean fish and it contains no oil.
If you like sausages but avoid eating them because you are afraid they keep you from losing weight try to find some low fat sausages; always remember to read the label before you buy. Don't have sausages for dinner because they might be hard to digest during the night, try to include them in your breakfast or lunch. Another great healthy type of meat I recommend is beef: it tastes great, is low on fat and it can be prepared in a lot of ways. You can eat pork too but is the unhealthiest of them all; once a week is ok but make sure is fat free and you grill it. If you are tired of all this meat you can try eating liver: it's rich in iron and contains vitamin A so if you don't take any supplements eat more liver. Chicken and beef liver is the only type of liver I recommend since they have less fat than pork liver. All this talking about meat made me feel the need for some dairy products.
You are only allowed to eat low fat cheese; also milk has to contain at most 1, 8 grams of fat and unfortunately there's another problem here: low fat milk is harder to digest so if you have a sensible stomach you are allowed to drink any type of milk you feel comfortable with but moderately. By the way, yogurt is a great choice. Eggs are ok as long as they are not unhealthy oily omelets and you don't eat more than three per week; you can boil them, scramble them, make light omelets with vegetables or low fat cheese, this time it's up to your imagination. If your cholesterol is high eat only the whites. Proteins that come from vegetables are almost as efficient as animal proteins. For example beans are full in proteins and healthy as long as they are not roasted.
Soy is also a healthy alternative for vegetarians but nutritionists advise people to consume it moderately as it is hard to digest; it's not recommended for children's diets because it interferes with the hormonal activity. Nuts, peanuts, almonds and other types of high protein vegetables will be consumed with animal proteins. Include many small meals instead of few big meals; if the body receives no food between those meals the metabolism begins to work slower so all the efforts you make to follow this diet are compromised. If this is a high protein diet you don't have to be scared of carbohydrates; you can eat small quantities of pasta, rice and cereals but not everyday. Twice a week is ok but no more than that. High protein diet has amazing results on people with high triglycerides. It is also more benefic than other diets because it gives your body more leucine; leucine is an amino acid that stimulates the proteins from our muscles so if you eat more protein your body will find it more easy to grow muscle and burn fat tissue. As a conclusion a high protein diet helps you to get the best out of your exercise program so if you want to look good and lose only your fat this is the perfect choice for you.
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