Including More Protein in Your Diet

Inside our previous article we explained just how important it truly is to get a good amount of protein in your daily diet to satisfy your bodies demands. In this article we are going to look at what type of meals you ought to be having to get more protein and why.

Meal Time

The first thing we must talk about is breaking meals into 6 per day rather then Three per day. That will supply your body with a regular stream of nutrients and also help it to repair itself quicker. This doesn’t indicate you will need to eat Six regular meals every day though.

When you initially start off eating more often in this way you need to literally be using 50 percent of your typical amounts. This will prevent you going crazy with the calories and feeling tired of eating non-stop! 1 of the meals every day could be a ‘snack’ for example some seeds and nuts, some fresh fruits or something like a meal replacement shakes or protein shake.

A good idea if you're like me and can't stop snacking is to get some high protein snacks.

Balanced Meals

To provide you with a better notion of how you can structure every meal - you should ideally shoot for close to 30% protein, 20% fat and 50% from carbohydrates. The fat and carbs should really be as clean as they can so for instance oily fish like mackerel or wholemeal rice.

If you intend to lose weight then we would recommend more so 50% protein 40% carbs and 10% fat as well as lowering your overall calorie consumption.

Whey Protein

Supplementing with protein shakes is a great strategy to pack some quality protein in to your daily diet. You can buy whey protein from a variety of stores for dirt cheap nowadays. The standard process is usually to have 2 shakes per day - 1 should always be pre or post workout and the other can either be taken at night or very first thing in the morning.

So that's a few of the basic principles covered, by now you should be getting a good overall image of how your diet and meals should be looking. As always go ahead and leave us a comment and I will reply ASAP..