The Indispensible Macronutrients in Your Diet

The Indespensible Macronutrients in Your Diet, Part 1: Proteins

I attended a seminar several years ago hosted by a very famous, very tall, motivational speaker who later played himself in the Jack Black film "Shallow Hal". In the film, Jack called him "Banana Hands." Anyway....

During the last day of the seminar we were given the "secrets" to a healthy eating regimen and suffice to say, protein was portrayed as the evil scourge of mankind.

Here's my advice: Be EXTREMELY wary of any eating plan that informs you to strictly limit the protein you eat ... or the fat ... or the carbohydrates. In case you hadn't figured it out yet, your body needs ALL of these macronutrients. You need the right kind.

In this segment I'll briefly discuss the importance of protein.

Each and every meal you consume should be built around a healthy source of protein. Protein helps to build, repair, and replace the cells of your body. It is vital for a strong immune system - and it boosts your metabolism and helps preserve muscle when you are burning fat.

If you eat meat and dairy (which I HIGHLY recommend), choose products (including eggs, yogurt, cheese, and milk), if you can get them, from animals raised on their natural diet: grass-fed beef, bison, lamb, wild game, and free-range poultry. You should also eat wild - not farm-raised - fish that is known to be free of mercury (such as sardines and wild Alaskan salmon).

Nuts and beans are also excellent sources of protein. And if you use a protein powder, choose one WITHOUT artificial sweeteners.

I heartily encourage you to make it one of your health goals from now on to base all your meals around your healthy protein sources - and to choose protein sources that are as close as possible to the design God gave them and intended.

God bless,
Steve