FitnessGuide: Women and Protein
Protein is an important component in the body composition, but when many fitness women hear protein, they think that it is a nutrient that only boys who want to become bulky need to supplement. Put aside your preconceptions and let’s use scientific eyes to see what protein is!
The key to fat loss is protein!
Your body needs carbohydrates and good fats as energy, while protein helps you grow and repair tissues. Especially for fitness women, insufficient protein can easily cause injuries and affect fitness results, so let’s read the following carefully. Let’s talk about the impact of protein on women!
1. The importance of protein
Protein is composed of amino acids. The human body has 22 kinds of amino acids; 8 of them are essential amino acids (the human body cannot produce them by itself). The only way to obtain them is through food intake. In addition to helping muscle growth, protein is what we need. Neurotransmitters, hormones and enzymes also require protein!
We all know that the way to gain muscle through fitness is to break down muscle tissue in the gym and then repair and grow muscle tissue after leaving the gym, but you must have enough raw materials, so add more protein , to help youmuscles!
If you think you are often hungry, you are definitely not getting enough protein; compared to carbohydrates, protein takes longer to digest. This slow digestion allows you to feel full for a longer time, making it easier to help you Control calories and weight
2. Highest food thermic effect
The thermic effect of food is defined as the amount of calories that the body needs to consume to digest food; protein has a thermic effect of 25 to 30%. For example, assuming that we fully digest protein and get 100 calories, but in fact the body absorbs only 70 to 75 calories. calories, because 25 to 30 calories are consumed in the process of digesting protein! Therefore, the body needs to consume more calories to digest protein than to digest carbohydrates and fats, so if you want to lose fat, you must increase the proportion of protein!
3. Prevent muscle loss
When your caloric intake is insufficient, and there are not enough carbohydrates and fats due to dieting, your body will turn to protein to provide energy, causing your body's protein to begin to break down! At this time, the human body's protein tissue and muscles will be converted into amino acids. For you, it means muscle loss and a longer recovery period. Supplement protein to avoid this phenomenon!
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