High-protein diet

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Protein is really important for good health and should be consumed on a daily basis to stay healthy.

A high-protein diet is often recommended by bodybuilders and nutritionists to help efforts to build muscle and lose fat. The high-protein diet is a nutrition that ought to be consumed everyday to meet physical needs. However, it should not be confused with low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins Diet, which are not food-energy-controlled and which often contain large amounts of fat. Some examples of high-protein diet include lean beef, chicken or poultry, pork (tenderloin, rib chops, shoulder blade steak), salmon and tuna, eggs, soy, and lots more.

A high-protein diet is often very low on fat or carbohydrates. Due to the limited amount of carbs available, the body starts burning extra body fats. People will often feel less hungry, thus, making losing weight relatively easy.

However, while adequate protein is required for building skeletal muscle and other tissues, there is ongoing debate regarding the use and necessity of high-protein diets in anaerobic exercise, in particular for weight training and bodybuilding.

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Health Effects

Extreme protein intake (in excess of 200 g per day), coupled with inadequate intake of other calorie sources (fat or carbohydrates), can cause a form of metabolic disturbance and death commonly known as rabbit starvation. Even when consuming other calorie sources, consuming more than 285 g of protein per day (for an 80 kg person) may be unsafe.

Relatively little evidence has been gathered regarding the effect of more moderate long-term high intake of protein on the development of chronic diseases. </Increased load on the kidney is a result of an increase in reabsorption of NaCl. This causes a decrease in the sensitivity of tubuloglomerular feedback, which, in turn, results to an increased glomerular filtration rate. This increases pressure in glomerular capillaries. When added to any additional renal disease, it may cause permanent kidney damage.

As is apparent from the list below, many high-protein foods (indeed, most low-carb foods with protein) are fairly low in fiber. This can lead to discomfort if additional roughage is not added to the diet. A 2017 review paper in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that high protein diet may contribute to life-long risk of kidney damage including chronic kidney disease.

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High-Protein Foods

High-protein foods include:

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Protein and Weight Training

Protein is described as essential by advocates of the high-protein diet, which includes a large proportion of the bodybuilding community; it is claimed to provide the muscle with amino acids required to repair the damage done by anaerobic exercise. High protein consumption leads to increased levels of IGF-1, a hormone which, among other things, increases muscle protein synthesis. Some consume protein supplements after bodybuilding workouts, as they provide a quick and easily consumable protein source. Alternatively, meat, beans, or other high-protein foods are consumed.

It is possible to maintain a strict vegan high-protein diet, though due to the lower protein density of plant-based foods this requires a larger absolute volume of food compared to a non-vegan diet; simply put, vegans must consume a lot more food to get a lot of protein. Legumes and soy foods are two vegan sources with high protein content per calorie. Vegans may engage in protein combining to obtain a complete mix of amino acids.

Furthermore, a high-protein diet with resistance regular exercise training helps to improve weight loss and body composition in obese or overweight individuals.. Replacing carbohydrate with high-protein diet like meat, cheese, poultry, and dairy food has a lot of benefits to offer for obese or overweight patients looking for an effective way to lose weight.

Although some testing shows that the body will absorb and use a greater amount of protein after "bodybuilding" type exercises than under more sedentary circumstances, and some studies on weight training show clinically significant gains in muscle with a very high-protein diet when compared to more moderate intake, in some studies increased protein intake fails to translate into functional differences in strength or muscle size.

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Other Side Effects

High-protein diet relatively means consuming a diet high in protein content at the expense of fat and carbohydrate. As a result of the limited available carbohydrate fuel, the body system begins to burn body fat and protein to cater for the body energy needs, thus leading to ketosis. Ketosis may cause irritability, temporary headaches, and nausea.

Ketone bodies, the by-product of burning excess body fat for fuel start accumulating gradually. Once the ketone bodies begin to build up, vital organs like the kidney and liver can start getting damaged. This can also distort the acid and alkaline balance of the body. Thus, leading to a condition referred to as acidosis. Over time, the dieter will have little amount of body insulin. If care is not taken, it can lead to coma, or eventually, death.

Other unpleasant side effects of high-protein diet include

• Bad breath and unpleasant body odor.
• Loss of muscle tissue.
• Increased risk of high blood-fat levels.
• Risk of deficiency diseases.
• Constipation or, eventually, bowel cancer.

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See also

• Bodybuilding supplement
• Dietary supplement
• Dukan Diet
• Human nutrition
• Low-protein diet
• Nutrition

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Notes

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References

Source of article : Wikipedia