Good food choices to get more protein

Protein diet: Ten food swaps to help you lose weight

You need to get enough protein as protein is really important for muscle growth, normal metabolism and feeling of satiety. If you are worry to get enough protein from your diet, here are some swap to help you get enough amount of protein.

Ten high protein food swaps to help you lose weight:

1. Swap cereal for porridge

Oats are rich in protein, packing 16.9g per 100g. Porridge is healthier than pre-packaged cereals. But you need to read label carefully to ensure that they are not packed with sugars and additives.

2. Swap mashed potato for white bean mash

While mashed potatoes are healthy choice but they don’t provide good source of protein so instead swap for white bean mash.

3. Swap crisps for beef jerky

Beef jerky has trimmed fat and provides 33 grams of protein per 100 grams and it is good choice for dieters. It is packed with iron and zinc also.

While a bag of crisps provide only 2.3 grams of protein.

4. Swap toast and butter for hummus and pitta

You can choose hummus as it is packed with protein and nutrients, always choose wholegrain bread.

5. Swap water for milk

You can swap from full fat milk or skimmed milk instead of water to get protein in addition to calcium and vitamin D.

6. Swap ordinary yoghurt for Greek yoghurt

100 grams of Greek yogurt provides 10 grams of protein. You can enjoy it with handful of nuts and tablespoon of seeds.

7. Swap tomato soup for lentil soup

Lentil soup is high in the nutrient, as it contains 3.7g of it in every 100g.

This is a whopping 2.9g more than the same amount of tomato broth.

8. Swap feta for goat’s cheese

Choose goat’s cheese instead of feta cheese.

The Greek delicacy contains 14g of protein, which is 8g less than the alternative.

Other high protein cheese include parmesan and cheddar.

9. Swap jam for peanut butter

100g of peanut butter contains around 25g of protein.

Instead jam contains only sugar with no protein.

10. Swap white rice for quinoa

It provides 14.1g of the nutrient in every 100g. It is complex carbs that need more time for digestion and help you to feel full.

Sources:

https://www-dailystar-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.dailystar.co.uk/diet-fitness/763146/how-to-lose-weight-fast-high-protein-low-carb-food-swaps-meal-prep/amp?amp_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailystar.co.uk%2Fdiet-fitness%2F763146%2Fhow-to-lose-weight-fast-high-protein-low-carb-food-swaps-meal-prep

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