Hi everybody this is Monica Reinagle and you're listening to the

nutrition diva quick and dirty tips for eating well and feeling fabulous a lot of

you have been writing with questions about protein. Will eating more protein

help you lose weight, burn fat, or build muscle, and how much protein should you eat?

Should you be adding protein powders and shakes to your daily routine.

The news about protein is pretty good.

Most of the things you've heard are actually true,

although there is a fair amount of fine print that often gets overlooked.

Now, fine print, as you know know is my specialty. So let's get

out the upper glasses and we'll take a closer look at the claims about protein. Claim number one.

Protein speeds up your metabolism and burns fat and calories.

Now this one is true.

Protein has a number of documented effects on your metabolism.

It's been shown to increase thermogenesis

to decrease your energy efficiency and

improve the metabolism of fats and all of that just means it helps you use up more

calories than you otherwise would. The fine print with this one has the press can be kind of misleading.

For example, here's an example I found on the internet.

Quote, a study in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics found that high protein

meals significantly improved fat metabolism.

End quote.

Now, when most of us hear that something made a significant difference. We understand this to mean

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