Is Protein Necessary For Weight Loss? 

Yes, protein is the single most important nutrient (next to low calories) for boosting weight loss.  High protein diets have a metabolic advantage over low protein diets

They can...

• Boosts metabolism
  
• Increase the Thermic effect of food.
  
• Protein burns between 20 and 30 percent more calories compared to carbs (5 to 10 percent) and fat (0 to 3 percent)
  
• Protein may boost calorie burn by 80 to 100 calories each day
  
• Protein can burn fat even while sleeping
  
• Helps to reduce appetite
  

Higher protein intake helps to increase the appetite suppressing hormones which I will discuss further down in this article.  Researchers have found that those who increase their protein intake have been shown to eat fewer calories throughout the day.  

One study showed that eating 30% of calories as protein resulted in eating 441 fewer calories and they also saw several changes in weight regulating hormones.  

Higher protein intake increased the hormones GLP-1, Peptide YY and Cholecystokinin and also reduced the levels of Ghrelin which is an appetite stimulating hormone.  

This can prevent overeating at night and keep snacking at a minimum also.  

A reduction of up to 60% in snacking and eating late at night was seen when a person consumed 25% of their daily calories as protein.  

Summary

To summarize yes protein is necessary for weight loss, but also make sure that it is high quality protein such as lean beef, chicken, fish or protein powder.  

If you are consuming fatty proteins or proteins deep-fried then you are going to offset the weight loss benefits by consuming too many extra calories.  Not only will you not lose any weight, but you will most likely gain weight. 

So make sure the rest of your diet is healthy and bump up your protein intake.  If you are not a big fan of meat then a protein shake is a great alternative to get in your protein needs.  

You can also add protein powder to numerous recipes so that you don't always have to drink multiple protein shakes.  

Here are 51 recipes that we have created that you can use protein powder in and they taste delicious. 

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