What is a Protein Diet

 

What is a Protein Diet? The wide popularity of diets with high protein content because they help control hunger. With the assimilation of protein brain receives a signals that hunger has become smaller. Another advantage of the protein in that it increases your metabolism at rest, maintaining muscle mass. With age and without exercise reduced muscle mass, so the maintenance of physical fitness is important for burning fat and maintain a high level of metabolism. The protein also contributes to a much slower rise and fall of blood sugar and insulin in the blood, so you can avoid “sugar shock”, which is known to promote a direct rise of fat.

Sources of protein are all dairy products, meat, eggs, fish, and among plant soybeans, nuts and legumes. Minimum 1 gramm consumption per kilogram of body weight. Calculate your rate is not difficult. But without movement and control of total energy intake did not expect a large effect. And about gastritis, follow the advice of your doctor and do not include just the diet is not recommended products.
Scheme and selection of food products in the diet is reduced to two phases: weight loss and maintaining it at the level attained.
The protein Atkins diet has long been considered controversial. The main argument is the assumption that the restriction of carbohydrates can lead to diseases of the cardiovascular system, brittle bones and kidney problems.
Varieties protein diet
According to the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health, on average, adults need 50-60 grams of protein per day. Therefore, ideally, “protein” calories should be 12 – 15% of daily calorie intake. Excess protein is a conditional rule can lead to increased levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and clogged arteries. Protein diet in combination with the consumption of the calculated amount of carbohydrates and fat means a balanced diet. Here are several varieties of protein diets:
* A diet high in protein, fat and middle-carbohydrate, close to the Atkins diet.
* A diet high in protein, low-fat and medium carbohydrate, so-called Zonal diet.
Typically, the menu protein diet similar to the following:
Breakfast (always the same). It takes 10-15 minutes before a meal – a glass of water at room temperature. Then: coffee with milk 0,5% fat. You can replace a glass of tea. To improve the taste or fructose sweetener use in small quantities. 1 curds 0% fat yogurt, or any, up to 80 kcal per 100 g. After some time, having experienced the feeling of hunger, drink a glass or two of green tea with mint. After 3 hours after breakfast, eat an apple or pear, or orange, or 5 plum. Lunch after 2 hours.
Dinner. 10 minutes before a meal – a glass of water at room temperature. Then select from the following:
Soup (2 small ladles) with two thin slices of black or coarse grinding grain salad 2 tomatoes, tea, three dried fruit, tangerine.
Dinner. Do not forget a glass of water at room temperature. Then choose any of the options:
Salad: 100g squid rings of preserves + chopped egg + 2 tbsp. l. corn, season with lemon juice, olive oil and squeeze the garlic or onions there. 0,5 packaging frozen shrimp – cooked without salt with a bay leaf, – wild rice, as in lunch.