Protein and Weight Loss

Balancing carbohydrate calories with protein calories is widely promoted as a strategy for losing weight and keeping weight steady. There are two reasons a higher protein diet is more effective than a low-calorie, high carbohydrate diet. First, high protein foods slow down the movement of food in the digestive tract, which means you feel full for longer. Second, protein's rather gentle, steady effect on blood sugar avoids the quick, steep rise in blood sugar and the quick fall that occurs after eating a rapid digested carbohydrate meal.


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Our next blog will be more for bariatric patients but will contain great information for those of you on a standard weight loss regimen.