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Shocking myths about high protein foods...
Of all the nutrients in the diet, protein seems to be the one surrounded
by more than its fair share of myths. According to the Oxford English
Dictionary, a myth is a "widely held but false notion" or a
"fictitious person, thing, or idea". So, why are there so many
misconceptions about high protein foods?
Probably for the same reason we have misconceptions about many things.
Somebody says something, somebody repeats it, and then we repeat it. Suddenly
it's established as fact. Yet nobody took the time to think about
what they were saying.
The amount of high protein foods you should include in your diet varies
widely depending on who you speak to. According to some health professionals,
high protein foods should be restricted as they increase your risk of
heart disease and kidney damage.
What's more, a single serving of many high protein foods (such as a large
chicken breast) often contains 40-60 grams of protein. According to many
experts, this is far more than your body can digest in a single meal.
Although some of these ideas are very popular, a series of recent trials
have caused many experts to question their long-standing beliefs about
high protein foods.
High protein foods
Any diet that's higher in protein will also contain more high protein
foods such as fish, meat, or chicken. But what exactly constitutes a high-protein
diet?
If you were to consume 1,500 calories, with 500 of those calories coming
from protein, then your diet derives 30% of its calories from protein.
Because each gram of protein contains four calories, this diet would provide
around 125 grams of protein.
On the other hand, if you were to consume 3,000 calories, with 500 of
those calories coming from protein, your diet would derive only 17% of
its calories from protein. This is far closer to the guidelines recommended
by many nutrition organizations suggesting that no more than 15% of the
calories in your diet should come from protein.
Even though the first diet could be classed as a high-protein diet, while
diet two would not, both provide the same total amount of protein.
In other words, it's extremely difficult to tell whether a diet is high
in protein when protein intake is expressed in percentage terms only.
A far better way to quantify the amount of protein in a diet is...
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