Top 5 high protein foods

 Protein is nutrient that human body requires daily to survive. every person needs protein in different quantity. quantity of daily protein intake depends on some factors such as gender, age, body weight, and activity level.



   Before discussing about protein intake, What is role of protein in human body?

      Protein is an important nutrient for maintaining muscle health and growing up new muscle tissues. it provides much energy as carbohydrate, 1 gram of protein contains 4 calories. it is well known nutrient for athletes, it helps them to recover their muscle blocks and tissue which they had broken during their workout training. athletes are highly recommended to add protein supplement in their daily diet because their daily protein requirement is very high as compared to normal guy.

        Protein is mainly composition of three different types of amino acid :- 

   Essential amino acid, non-essential amino acid and semi-essential amino acid 

         The main responsibility to build our muscle mass depends on essential amino acid profile. the protein food that I will suggest as top are based on their complete essential amino acid profile.

      let's discuss, what should be proper dosage of protein?

  • For a sedentary man, it should be around 60-65 grams per day. 
  • For a sedentary woman, it should be around 50-55 grams per day.
  • For a an athlete, it is suggested to take 1.75 grams of protein per kg body weight.        

         So, what are the top 5 high protein rich foods?

1. Chicken breast -  Chicken breast is on top of the list, it is most high lean protein food. when we talk about the nutrition facts, 100 grams of chicken breast contains 31 grams of protein, 0 grams of carbohydrate and 3 grams of fat.

2. Tuna fish - Tuna fish is one of the best protein enrich food exists but, not lean protein because it contains some amount of fat. 100 grams of tuna fish contains 24 grams of protein, 4 grams of fat and 0 grams of carbohydrate.  


3. Eggs - Eggs are most famous high protein food used in almost every house, an average sized egg contains 6 grams of protein, 5 grams of fat in its yolk, 0 grams of carbohydrate.


4. Soya chunks - Soya chunks is on fourth place. protein content of Soya chunks is high as compared to chicken breast, tuna or eggs but, it is on fourth place because of its low bio-availability i.e. its protein is not completely absorbed by our body. 100 grams of Soya chunks contains 52 grams of protein, 0 gram of fat, 33 grams of carbohydrate.  



5. Milk -
Cows milk is fifth place. this also good source of protein, 
100 ml of milk contains 3 grams of protein, 3 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of carbohydrate. 

   




 That was our top 5 listing on high protein food, these foods are high in protein and with complete amino acid profile.

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