Do you need more Protein?

Why is protein important?

Proteins are like carbohydrates and fats an nutrient. It has a beneficial effect on weight control because it contains many nutrients. This gives you a full feeling in your stomach for a long time, so that a diet can easily be sustained.

In addition, protein helps build and repair muscles, it is good for hair and skin and provides essential amino acids for a number of chemical processes of the body. In addition, proteins help the blood to spread oxygen through the body, sounds great right !

Proteins also fit well in a diet. This is because the body has to use more energy to digest proteins. This means that the metabolism has to work harder and that is beneficial if you want to lose body weight. You also have a long full feeling, which keeps your blood sugar level stable. This means that you will start to eat less .

Proteins are the building blocks of the body. It is therefore worthwhile to keep an eye on whether you are getting enough.

If you read further the calculation can help you to establish a guideline..

Our need for protein differs per gender, age and physical activity. The standard calculation used to calculate at least the minimum amount of protein for a person is by multiplying the body weight in kilograms by 0.8. The outcome is the amount of grams that a person should receive at least a day. So if you weigh 75 kilos, you need at least 60 grams of protein per day. This is based on someone who leads an inactive.