How protein helps in weight loss

You are looking for a solution to lose weight?

Then proteins are you best allies! Eating protein with a low-calorie diet, can be very effective and you could see results from the very first days of your diet.

The benefits of protein:

First of all, proteins are an outstanding hunger stopper. If you eat a meal rich in protein, you will quickly feel less hungry and you will not rush on all sort of food you want to avoid or limit, such as carbs, refine sugar etc. When we want to lose weight, it is difficult to control the hunger. So, many people deprive themselves and as a result it increases their appetite. Eating more protein helps to better withstand hunger.

Moreover proteins are also low in calories. Here are the calories for 1 gram of each of the macro nutrients:

    1 gram of protein contains 4 calories

    1 gram of carbohydrates contains 4 calories also

    1 gram of fat contains 9 calories

Furthermore, while lipids (fat) provides 9 calories per gram, proteins rank on the same level as carbohydrates and contain only 4 calories per gram. It is important to note that 1 gram of protein does not correspond to 1 gram of meat or fish. For example: 100 grams of ground beef patty (5% fat) contain 25 grams of protein for 100 calories. In comparison, 100 grams of pasta contain about 75 grams of carbohydrates for 300 calories! Now you understand better why protein is a weapon of choice when it comes to diet.

High protein foods are often low in calories

As a matter of fact , high protein foods are often low in calories and this is what you need when you are looking for losing weight, because calories are energy and any excess of energy is stored as fat. When losing weight, the main goal is to reduce the number of calories ingested each day. Unless you are on a very specific kind of diet, such as the ketogenic diet. I will write an article about it.  By the way, if you are doing fitness or any other kind of sport, proteins will help you to build up and maintain your muscular mass.  Here is the key: Muscles help to burn extra calories through regular physical activity. Building muscle can increase your metabolism, and therefore lose weight a little faster.

Altogether , the Iron Fit Food protein bars can help you losing weight and help you to build up your muscular mass and to burn calories.

They are easy to use and convenient, they fit into your pocket, so you can bring them with you at the office, at the gym or even when you go to eat outside and you think your meal will not contain enough protein. Keep in mind that the protein from the Iron Fit Food protein bars are coming mostly from natural ingredients, which is much better (“macro nutrients -wise”) than just simple shake of whey protein.

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by Benoit Labrunhie