10 Fat-Burning Plant Foods That Have More Protein Than An Egg

10 Fat-Burning Plant Foods That Have More Protein Than An Egg

Protein is the celebrity of macronutrients; you will rarely hear a bad word spoken about protein, unlike the other macronutrients carbs and fat. Protein is revered, and we are all told to make sure we are getting enough. When we think about protein for many of us, our first thoughts turn to animal products, but there are lots of vegetarian options that are high in protein.

Eggs are a good source of protein and nutrients but if relied on too heavily it can result in the development of sensitivity or allergy, this happened to me a year ago, and I had to take a long break and do some gut healing before I could have them again.

It is, therefore, a good idea to have other options on the table to help us get the right amount of protein in our daily food intake. Before we get into those foods, we should first discuss some important information about protein: what is protein, why do we need protein and how much protein should we be getting.

What is Protein?

Let’s think of protein as a long string of pearls. Each one of those pearls in the string is an amino acid. When protein is digested, we end up breaking a part that string of amino acids into individual amino acids. Therefore, if we take a group of amino acids and string them together, we end up with protein.

Each amino acid plays a different role and can do amazing things, for example, an amino acid called phenylalanine ends up as dopamine, a neurotransmitter that makes us happy. There are two types of amino acids, essential and non-essential.

Now non-essential doesn’t mean that we don’t need them it just means we can create them ourselves from the essential amino acids. They are called essential because we must get them from our diet, and we can make the remainder, non-essential, ourselves.1

Why Do We Need Protein?

We need protein for many reasons, without it we would fall into poor health, and our body would start to break down muscle tissue to get the amino acids we need to survive.2

Protein’s arguably most well-known role is its ability to help with repairing and building muscle mass.3 This is why protein supplements have become such a large industry. Protein, as I mentioned creates neurotransmitters like dopamine, serotonin, melatonin to name a few.

These neurotransmitters send signals around the body, and without them, we wouldn’t be able to function. Protein is also needed to make antibodies, hormones4, and enzymes, they also help transport substances around the body.5 Protein is clearly essential for optimal health without it our body would not be able to

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