Protein sometimes tends to get a bad name amongst people in the weight loss industry, but it is quite a important factor in building muscle mass, it acts as the building blocks for it.
One of the main reasons that it probably does get a bad press from time to time, it’s probably largely due to the fact that people go on the Atkins diet which is based on low carbohydrate and high protein. Which doesn’t necessarily always suit some people and they can become quite ill.
But this post isn’t necessarily about the Atkins diet as such, it is more concerned with some research which was done in Australia based around eating protein. The study found that if people eat meals which have higher protein content.Then this is for more likely to help with fat burning, interestingly enough the glycaemic index of the food that they were eating, had no additional effect on breaking down fat.
One of the study coordinators Dr. Marijka Batterman said “We know from past research that overweight or obese people are not as efficient at burning fat. This new study shows that fat oxidation, or the body’s ability to ‘burn’ fat, improves in obese people when they eat a higher protein diet.”
In order to test the theory to see what the results were the participants in the study were split into two groups, one of them ate protein in their diets, whilst the other group did not. The the study showed that the participants that ate a high level of protein, in their meals increased fat oxidation quite significantly.
Here is what they ate:
Breakfast: cheese and tomato omelette
Lunch consisted of a beef and chutney salad sandwich, with a tub of low-fat yoghurt.
The researchers said they found a relationship between what they call body composition and an effect of protein and fat oxidation. One such expert said forget about so-called fad diets everybody seems to jump onto these days.
And eat more foods that contain protein such as lean red meat, chicken fish ones that are high in Omega three oils e.g. salmon and tuna, legumes, eggs, nuts and low fat dairy foods, such as low-fat yoghurt, low-fat cheese. And so on if you’re not a great fan of eating eggs then perhaps you might like to consider making your own protein shakes using Whey protein powder. Protein powder can be quite expensive however and may be not in everybody’s budget reach.
In the long run it does pay to do your own research and not get waylaid by claims of miracle diets and so forth, the diet and weight loss industry is huge and the people that make all these pills and potions know that there are vulnerable and desperate people, trying to lose weight and prey on these people. Trying to make a quick buck where ever they can.
If you don’t feel that eating more protein in your diet, would be beneficial to yourself then please don’t make that decision lightly, it doesn’t hurt to listen to other people’s opinions and learn about what does, and doesn’t work but ultimately it’s your choice as to what you eat and what works best for you.
Source: http://www.sciencealert.com.au
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