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Protein Metabolism

High quality Protein for a healthy breakfast:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s may seem irrelevant and random, but sophisticated breakfast choices are important to overall health. A healthy breakfast not only will jump start your metabolism, so you’ll store less fat, it’ll also control your blood sugar levels, which will directly affect your appetite and energy supply. When high quality protein is part of a healthy breakfast, it power boosts breakfast’s benefits, while providing additional health advantages to the mix.

Protein metabolism means more efficient energy metabolism:
Metabolic rate, or the rate at which you burn calories, is temperature and movement dependent. People with lower body temps, because of genetics or climate, have lower metabolism; are more likely to feel hungry; and are more likely to gain weight. It’s been documented that sleeping reduces metabolic rate by 10%; starving reduces metabolic rate by 40%. Every increase in body temperature of 1 degree increases metabolic rate by 14 percent. Eating protein- for whatever reason - does the same exact thing!!!! Think about it: digesting breakfast reverses sleep inspired metabolic slow down, as it reverses or prevents metabolic dips that come from fasting through the night. Eating healthy protein with breakfast gives a 14 % boost to your metabolic rate over and above these shifts. Protein metabolism boosts your metabolic rate because it’s the most efficient energy metabolism. You’ll be burning those calories with the power of an Olympic athlete, and storing much less fat!

Effects of protein metabolism and a healthy breakfast:
Eating a healthy breakfast helps control blood sugar which restores balance and calms appetite. Protein for breakfast will keep you feeling full extra long, so you can actually last ‘til lunch and make healthier lunch choices.

The research says that a low-fat, high quality protein breakfast is great for anyone, but especially athletes. It helps control weight and hunger while providing strength, endurance and even cardio health. Refine your breakfast choices, and you’re in store for first class health, and that’s a high quality gem that couldn’t be more relevant.