Proteins: A Neccesity

23 June, 2009 No Comment

Have you ever wondered that how come we all have different blood groups?
It’s because of presence of different types of proteins in our blood.

Protein word comes from the Greek word ‘proteios’ which means primary or essential to life.

Protein contains sulphur and nitrogen, two vital elements for every cell in our body. Certainly it is main source of energy. Whatever is the lifestyle, we all need protein at every age in our own way.

We shed protein every day through nails, skin, or hair. Other than this the body has to be in a positive nitrogen balance — be it repair during or post work out or your body is going through stages like pregnancy or lactation, or recovering from an illness or whether you are an athlete or a school going student, protein is a whole day process.

Protein requirement for an adult is 1 gm per kg of body weight ideally, which comes to around 50-55 gms for female and 60-65 gms for males.

Protein intake: Proteins are divided in two categories i.e., complete proteins and incomplete proteins. For those who are non-vegetarian, daily dose of protein is not the issue. Since meat, egg or other non-vegetarian eatables contain high value of complete protein.

Even if you are a vegetarian, protein can be taken in form of milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, soy milk, Soya bean, beans, peanuts, peanut butter, peas etc. only Soya bean is known for complete protein. Since proteins in all other plant sources are incomplete you can combine them with cereals, grains, seeds, and breads.

Ideally protein is not required more than 10 to 15 percent of our total calories as the body recycles it from broken down tissues, to make new ones. So, taking increased level of proteins is not going to help. Rather high protein diet can lead to serious health problems like increasing your risk of heart disease, kidney disease, artery damage, and bone loss.

Therefore, eat balanced diet and stay healthy.

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