A healthy diet includes some protein at every meal. “Eating a little high protein food at each meal helps reduce the appetite plus the body uses energy to convert protein to carbohydrates.” (from weightlossforall.com) However…”Many foods that are relatively high in protein are also high in fat…try to limit your intake of protein sources that derive more than 30 percent of their calories from fat.” (from new-fitness.com) So what do those high-protein, low-fat foods include? Cottage cheese, with 17% from fat…milk, with 5%…low-fat plain yogurt at 25%…light meat chicken at 26%…tuna at 12%. Then there’s oatmeal, brown rice, spaghetti, whole wheat bread, lentils, lima beans, and kidney beans. Nuts are high in fat, as are cheese, eggs, beef, and peanut butter. Dang! Why are the ones I like the best the ones with the most fat?…………Oh. Yeah.
Well, Cupcake, this is definitely going to take some work. Some getting accustomed to. We’re going to have to become more EVOLVED, eating-wise!