Hey, guys, Dr. Axe here, founder of draxe.com.
Today I want to talk about the importance of protein.
Protein benefits and how protein benefits your overall health in physical performance
is crucial to understand.
So whether you're a, let's say, a weekend warrior or you're trying to lose weight, or
you are an athlete, protein is important for everybody in just about everyone is deficient
in quality protein in their diet.
So again, on this video, I'm going to go over how to get more protein in your diet and really
the benefit and how much you should consume.
And so really starting off here, talking about protein and what it does.
Protein is the building block of yourselves.
It's the building blocks of your muscles also in terms of the food that's going to improve
your metabolism and fat burning potential.
Nothing is more important than protein.
It really is the fuel that motivates and really supports your body in building healthy tissues
and cells, so you need protein.
And the average person probably needs half their body weight in protein a day.
So if you weigh 150 pounds, you need at least probably around 75 grams of protein a day
if you're trying to burn fat and build muscle the right way.
And for many athletes, more than that is going to be essential as well.
The best forms of protein you can be getting are going to be things like, grass-fed beef
is a great source, organic chicken and turkey, wild caught salmon, also grass-fed organic
dairy products are great.
And then, healthy quality protein powders like grass-fed whey protein is another great
option.
And then the plant-based sources of protein, flax and chia seeds are great, they're very
high.
As well as other nuts and seeds, and beans, are also quality sources of protein.
So again, getting protein in your diet is greatly beneficial.
And the biggest benefits of protein include fat burning, helping muscle recovery, helping
heal cuts in the wound.
And if you have any sort of injury, protein is essential.
It's essential for fighting diabetes in balancing up blood sugar.
It's essential for brain function.
It's also essential for any issue you have in terms of depression and brain issues.
It's also essential for cholesterol.
I mean, there are study after study showing that protein is essential for your body and
last but not least, it's important for muscle recovery.
So if you're trying to recover from something and also of high energy level as you want
to improve your overall energy, getting more protein in your diet is essential.
So again, get more protein.
And when buying protein, make sure it's from organic natural sources.
One of the issues we run into today is all of our conventional restaurants today, our
conventional grocery stores, they're not selling grass-fed organic protein.
And if you're eating conventional protein, it's loaded with hormones, antibiotics, steroids
and other chemicals that will actually destroy your health.
So again, protein is the most important thing to buy organic and grass-fed.
So guys, get more protein in your diet.
And I even recommend, hey, do a few journals, write down what you've eaten the past three
days and add up the grams of protein you've actually gotten in your system.
And you can go to the website nutritiondata.com and actually look up the amount of protein
in about the amount of food you've consumed, or else do it for the next three days and
see how much protein you're actually getting in your diet.
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This has been Dr. Axe, thanks for watching.