Protein helps you burn fat. Therefore it should make up a good proportion of your daily food intake. Here’s why…

Lets quickly clarify what sorts of protein I mean. Chicken, turkey, fish, prawns, beans, eggs, nuts. There are many, many more but these are the ones that should be a REGULAR part of your diet.

So here’s 4 reasons why eating protein burns fat;

1/ 30% thermal effect of food.

When you eat protein your body automatically burns 30% of the calories off straight away. Compare that to 10% for carbs and 5% for fats and you can already see how protein will help you burn more calories.

2/ Fills you up for longer

Studies have shown that eating protein makes you feel fuller for longer that any other type of food. This means you will be far less likely to feel the need to snack.

3/ Helps build and maintain lean muscle.

For every extra pound of muscle your body has you burn an extra 50 calories a day automatically. So imagine the difference with an extra 5/6 pounds of muscle on your body (and this is LEAN muscle by the way not big, bulky muscle. No other food type extra protein helps you build this muscle.

4/ Low calorie and low fat

Finally in the right forms protein is low fat and low calorie, leading to a lower total calorie intake per meal than if you ate more of the other food types.

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Did you know that by eating certain foods your body burns 30% of the calories off straight away, whereas with other foods it only burns of 5%? And the best part is these foods can easily be broken down in categories!

Protein is important when you are tyring to lose weight because it’s lean, low fat and helps you to build lean muscle mass. But that’s just the tip of the ice berg really…

The ‘thermal effect of food’ is basically how much and how quickly your body burns off the calories that you eat. So by eating the correct foods, you will be burning a far larger percentage of the calories than by eating other foods.

Here’s how the 3 main food groups match up;

Fat – 5% (thermal effect of food)

Carbs – 10%

Protein – 30%

So if you ate 1000 calories worth of protein, your body naturally and automatically burns 300 of those calories straight off. However if you ate 1000 calories worth of fat your body would only burn off 50 of them.

So that’s 250 calories difference per day, 1750 per week, and over 7000 per month! Imagine the difference it would make to your weight if you were able to ‘automatically’ burn 7000 more calories per month!

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If you have read my blog articles regularly over the last few months you will know I am a big proponent over a high protein diet for people looking to lose weight and burn fat. But how much protein should you actually be eating?

I won’t go into detail about which foods are protein rich. I have done this in other articles which you will be able to find by typing ‘protein’ into the search bar in the right hand column. But chicken and fish are probably the best two examples of high protein foods.

To determine how much protein you should be getting you need to find out you bodyweight in kilos. You then multiply this amount by 1.5. For example in you weight 70 kilos, you would multiply that by 1.5 to get 105.

This figure of 105 is the amount of protein you should get on a daily basis in grams. To give you an idea a chicken breast contains around 20/25 grams and an egg 5/7 grams.

You should be taking this protein gradually during the day. This means getting some at breakfast time. So if you don’t do that currently I would recommend a protein supplement.

Today’s Takeaway- Make sure you get enough protein on board to meet your daily requirements. It will put your body in the ideal state for fat burning.

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Do you eat enough protein to recover from your workouts and to help you burn fat as efficiently as possible? Unfortunately 99% of us don’t!

Protein is an essential food for anyone who is exercising and/or trying to lose weight. Use the search tool in thr right column for more information on this.

But 99% of people don’t get enough of it. You should be eating around 1.5 grams of protein for every kilogram you weigh. For example, if you weight 70 kilos you should eat 105 grams of protein a day.

If you are just eating protein at lunch and dinner it is unlikely you will get near you target. Most people get around 1 gram of protein per gram of body-weight.

So what’s the answer?

Eat protein throughout the day. Most people eat lunch around 1pm and dinner 7pm. And between 7pm and 1pm they eat very little protein. So try eating it at breakfast. Eggs is one great example.

Also try snacking on nuts throughout the day as they provide a good source of protein as well.

If you really can’t see yourself doing either of these things, then you should consider a protein powder supplement (use search tool on right for more details).

Today’s Takeaway – Increase your protein intake if you want to lose weight. It will make a massive difference.

To grab your copy of Rob’s Free Report ‘Cheat’s Guide to Fat Burning From Home – Simple 5 Step Plan,’ plus 2 other great free gifts, click here; ‘www.homeworkoutsuccess.co.uk/free-report.’