Protein helps to lose weight
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The problem of excess weight is relevant for many people regardless of nationality, age and sex. Dietitians of all countries have been trying for a long time to find a universal nutrition program for everyone that will get rid of excess kilograms and provide good health. It's no wonder that American scientists are interested in such a study: US residents are rightly considered a nation in which the greatest number of people suffer from excessive weight.
Dieticians have determined that the main factor in losing weight is limiting the amount of calories consumed. Based on this, many people rushed headlong to count calories, focusing only on numbers and not paying attention to what they eat. Noticing that with this approach the result does not correspond to the expectation, the doctors tried to find out what the reason is that people, using a small amount of calories, do not lose weight, and even vice versa. The answer was simple: in order to safely lose weight, you need not just to limit the nutritional value of searching for it and its calorie content, but also to balance nutrition correctly.
Lovers of food can rejoice: in order to lose weight, does not necessarily exhaust yourself with strict diets and starve. Moreover, nutritionists insist that it is the lack of protein that can lead to an increase in body weight. Of course, one of the main causes of obesity and excess weight is overeating, but the main thing is to monitor what exactly you eat.
If you eat a lot of simple carbohydrates and foods that contain fat, the chances that the weight will soon increase will be much higher than if you used the same amount of protein and fiber. Researchers have proved that the use of protein has a positive effect on weight loss, as protein food is low in calories, dietary and does not allow the body to "grow fat." Useful advice for losing weight: the maximum limit fatty foods, but daily saturate the body with protein using proteins, otherwise inevitable loss of muscle mass and the slow appearance of fat cells instead.
Nutritionists conducted a small experiment, during which several participants of approximately the same weight and build for a month adhered to different diets. Diets differed in the products that people used, and the daily rate of calories. The study showed that people who adhered to a protein diet, gained weight (due to muscle mass), but decreased in volume. Those who focused on carbohydrate and fatty foods, significantly improved.
Nutritionists have identified the best balanced nutrition system for those who want to lose weight and yet do not damage their health. In the daily diet should be present a large amount of protein, a small - complex carbohydrates, a little fatty acids and fiber. The best "suppliers" of protein in the body are lean meat, white fish, legumes, mushrooms. Complex carbohydrates are best used before dinner: cereals, dried fruits. The good news is also that protein foods can be consumed at any time of the day, without thinking about the consequences, and the feeling of hunger protein eliminates much more effectively than any other food.
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