The Protein Myth - Guaraneed Weight Loss

You do not need anywhere near the amount of protein that you have been taught to believe!!

This is a subject that comes up over and over again when I'm talking about weight loss and healthy living. The truth is pointing strongly towards protein requirements of 15-25 grams per day! With more recent research offering amounts as little as 5-10 grams per day!

Now, I know what you are thinking, I'm wrong! But wait and let me explain. Firstly, think about the time in your life when your physical growth is at it's most rapid, when you are first born. You drink your mothers milk during this period and mothers milk is somewhere between 1.2-1.6% protein!

Also, 70% of your protein requirements are formed within the body. Leaving a small amount necessary from outside sources.

If you look into studies that are conducted by people who do not have a vested interest in people eating large quantities of protein (I'll leave you to figure out which people I am talking about) you will discover the the 15-25 gram range is pretty standard.

Finally, protein does not build muscle!! Now this is a hugely controversial statement and flies against everything you have probably been taught. And for this reason I will let my friend Dr. Robert Young comment on protein building muscles:

"This is another fictitious distortion based on faulty observation based on a) preconceived notions about how the body works and b) the failure of science to sufficiently isolate variables when making so-called scientific observations. Tell the strongest animals in the world-vegetarian animals-that eating protein builds muscle. Eating protein actually makes you weak and eventually sick and tired from the debilitating acids of sulphuric, nitric, phosphoric and uric acid. The body builds muscle from blood and not from plant or animal protein. At the Ranch we grow avocados. We give our avocados minerals, water and sunshine - no protein. Yet, our avocados are 80% healthy fat and 15% protein. If you want to build muscle you have to build blood. And to build blood you have to eat green foods and lots of them."

Dr. Young has spent the last 30 years studying the body, particularly the blood, and the effects of food and fluids on the body.

He holds 5 degrees in science including 3 doctoral degrees. His areas of expertise include microbiology, nutrition, diet, blood analysis and disease prevention.

So where do you stand? I am a vegetarian, I take no protein supplements and consume a tiny amount of dairy. I feel strong, fit and healthy, as any one who knows me will testify to.

If you are caught up in the myth that you need 100 grams of protein per day or anywhere near it, maybe it's time for a change. Your protein consumption is slowly killing you!

If you don't believe this, which I understand, as you would have been taught the opposite your entire life, try it out!

The proof is in the pudding as they say. If you drop your protein consumption, you will lose weight, increase your energy and feel much much better! At your next dinner time, go ahead and remove your standard, often believed necessary, lump of protein and begin to live a life of vibrant energy as a slim and healthy version of you.

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