Q: How does protein help someone lose fat tissue instead of lean tissue? A: By eating enough protein to maintain your lean tissue while losing fat, you keep your metabolism revved up. Every pound of lean tissue burns 14 calories per day—compared to about three calories burned for each pound of fat per day. So keeping the lean and losing the fat helps you burn more calories at rest. This is also called the resting metabolic rate, or metabolism for short. Q: How does metabolism influence weight loss? A: Whenever you eat more calories than you burn through exercise and through your metabolism at rest, you will store those extra calories as fat. So having a higher metabolism can help you maintain your weight by balancing the calories in and the calories out. Exercises that strengthen your muscles will improve your ability to burn calories while at rest. Q: What are the benefits of plant-based protein, or soy? A: Soy protein naturally has a different composition than animal proteins, which makes it healthier for your blood vessels, bones and kidneys. Soy protein also has isoflavones, which, as found in Formula 1, has an FDA-approved heart-health claim. That’s why its label has a heart on it. |
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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