Best High Protein Food

Best High Protein Foods:

This list shows which foods are high in proteins.  The protein from our food provides essential amino acids. Amino Acids are used by the body to build new proteins and repair the muscles, repair the bone, skin, organs and blood. Without protein, cuts and abrasions will not heal quickly, muscles will not grow and the blood doesn’t clot correctly. Your body needs proteins for growth and to build hormones, antibodies and the enzymes that regulate the chemical reactions within the body.Though protein food is not a high source of energy, it is necessary, in right amounts, for proper functioning of our bodies.

The List of the Best High Protein Foods

prioritized in order of nutritional value are:

1. Whey (supplement found in health food stores)
2. Legumes: peas, beans & lentils
3. Soy products: tofu, soy milk
4. Grains: breads, pasta, brown rice (preferably whole grains with minimal processing)
5. Nuts & Seeds: almonds, oatmeal, walnuts, cashews,peanuts, etc / pumpkin, sunflower, sesame & other seeds
6. Vegetables: potatoes, broccoli, spinach and other vegetables (incl. frozen veggies)
7. Eggs: preferably 2-minute boiled eggs. Although the egg yolk has the highest levels of protein, it is recommended you eat the egg whole as egg white counter-balances the negative effects of the yolk.
8. Fish & Seafood: salmon, tuna, haddock, swordfish, orange roughly, crab, lobster, shrimp
9. Dairy: yogurt, milk, cottage cheese
10. Poultry: chicken breast, turkey breast, lean ground turkey
11. Lean Meats: round steak, sirloin steak, lean ground beef, pork, buffalo.

The list below gives a comparison list of Animal Protein Foods and Plant and Dairy Protein Foods.  It is important to balance our intake of protein foods with essential fats and complex carbohydrates. It will be useful for people who want to slim down and lose weight: We need to consume about 50 – 60 grams of protein food per day. This works out to about 8 ounces, or 225 grams of meat per day.  People who are physically active may need to have a high intake of proteins.  As can be seen from the table below, plants are also high in proteins and are a good source of proteins from breakfast to dinner and even snacks if eaten in the right proportion / combination.

Foods High in Protein. Food from plants also contain protein equivalent to meats but without the fats and calories.

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