Hit Your Daily Protein Target in 2 Simple Steps

STEP ONE - jack your morning

You may have heard that your body can only absorb 30g of protein in one sitting, however this is simply not true. Your body will absorb as much protein as you feed it, it doesn’t magically switch off at the 31st gram - so this is an arbitrary number.

How much protein from one sitting that gets utilised for muscle growth is another question all together and I think where most people get confused.

Protein is used for many processes and function throughout the body like making hormones (including those responsible for our hunger/ fullness cues) and enzymes as well as building muscle and bone and an extra energy source. So protein not not used for muscles ≠ protein wasted.

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STEP 2 - SPREAD the remainder over the day

Spread the remainder of your protein target out over the rest of the day I.e. 25-30g at lunch and again at dinner.

I find the easiest thing to do is to choose your protein source and then plan the rest of your meal around that i.e.

25g protein =

• 120g chicken breast (raw weight)

• 4 eggs

• 120g extra lean beef mince (raw weight)

• 150g pork loin roast (raw weight)

• 150 shaved turkey breast

• 350g firm tofu

Studies consistently show that high protein diets enhance fat-loss because it helps build/ maintain muscle (especially if you’re weight training), helps you feel full and snack less AND the body uses more energy to digest it than it does fat and cards (AKA metabolism boosting).