Protein: Your Most Important Macro For Better Health || WBWL Ep 92

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Episode Transcript

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The god of macros is protein.
So why do I consider protein thegod of macros?
So if you actually look at theGreek terminology, protein
actually means of utmostimportance.
The other term that it actuallymeans is a first rank.
So why do I perceive thatprotein is the most important

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macronutrient of all time?
So I'm going to lay outspecifically what protein is,
Exactly how much you shouldconsume and also some of the
benefits on why you should betaking protein as well, okay?
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Why I consider protein still theking of macros is because
protein is something thatpreserves our entire body.
When we look at our skin, ourligaments and every tissue in
our body, it's all made ofprotein.

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We're all made of.
Essentially amino acids of ourbody and protein is also
essential for muscle growth andalso recovery from workouts,
okay?
So if you are looking at Tryingto recompose your body you're
trying to build muscle you'retrying to even eliminate pain
for example you need to be ableto build enough muscle to
support a lot of the ligamentsand a lot of the areas of body

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and bulletproof that throughmuscular growth.
And what we also perceive thatas muscular growth is also known
as hypertrophy, which isincreased growth of tissue.
Okay.
So how much protein do you needto be getting in?
This is a very common questionthat I get.
So for the average individual,any sort of person that's
sedentary, not necessarilyexercising a lot, you really
only need 0.

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35 to 0.
45 grams per pound of bodyweight.
So that's, for even some people,they're not even getting that,
okay?
And there's a lot of people thatI know that are severely under
eating protein, people that Isee in my clinical practice,
that oftentimes are, Eating muchless protein oftentimes come in
with more chronic pain.

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They have more brain fog Theyhave a lot of issues going on in
their body.
They have a lot of digestiveissues For example, and if you
think about it this way is thatprotein does increase something
called the thermic effect offood Which is one aspect of
caloric output So the aspects ofcaloric output are like your
genetics, which is there yourbasal metabolic rates You also
have something called NEAT,which is Non Exercise Activity

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Thermogenesis.
Okay, you also have exerciseactivity, which is essentially,
it's your planned exercises,which is a workout in the gym or
it's a concerted walk or aconcerted run.
And then you have somethingcalled your TEF, which is your
Thermic Effect of Food.
That is essentially the amountof energy necessary to break
down the food that is going intoyour body.

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Okay.
So while you're ingesting food,you are increasing your
calories, but there is a certainamount of energy output that is
necessary in order to break downthat food.
So the food that's hardest tobreak down is essentially it's
protein.
So that comes in the form ofpoultry eggs.
You have tofu, you have a lot ofdifferent types of protein
sources out there.
Just look that up, or I can linkthat down below, but.

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You have these protein sourcesthat when you're eating protein,
if you're eating a piece ofchicken or steak, is that it
takes a lot of energy in orderto break that down.
And also, because of therequirements that you need, at
least 0.
35 grams per pound, is that whenyou're breaking down this
protein, you're converting a lotof those you're essentially
breaking those proteins downinto amino acids, and those

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amino acids are distributedthroughout the entire body to
the areas that need it,essentially tissue repair.
And we have, we need tissuerepair across many Aspects of
our body, not just our muscles,but also our organs.
A lot of our fascia, all that isbased off of protein.
So when we're not eatingprotein, we're essentially
making your body much weaker andmore susceptible to stress.

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And injury, for example.
Okay.
So if you're somebody that isactually working out
consistently though, you want tobe getting in a consistent 0.
8 to one gram per pound of bodyweight.
Okay.
Now, if you are somebody that'sobese the calculations are a
little different.
Some general rules according toresearch are if you're five foot
eight, but you're extremelyobese is that essentially just

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Take your your height incentimeters, and that is
essentially a rough gauge of howmuch protein you should be
actually be getting, okay?
So if you're not getting enoughprotein, you're essentially, you
are essentially not getting inthe essential nutrients that are
necessary for tissue repair,muscle regeneration, immune
function, you're leaving a wholelot of health off the table when

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you're not getting enoughprotein.
And if you look at for example,fats, there is a certain amount
of fat, but fat is essentially,it's not it's an, it's
essential, but it's not asessential as protein.
Fats, if you look up the Greekit's lipos, and then lipos,
essentially, it's fat.
But fat is necessary in certainamounts.
Generally, about 30 percent ofour calories should come from
fat, and that's necessary forjust general Organ function as

(05:26):
well as our brain is made up ofa lot of fats.
So we want fat in order topreserve our brain, preserve
certain areas of our body andprotect our organs.
But as well as fat also hasessentially certain vitamins
that we need, which are vitaminA, D, E, and K.
And those are essential vitaminsthat we really can't make on our
own.
So therefore we need to get thatin the form of fat.

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Carbs.
We all know that carbs, if youlook at the Greek there, carbs
essentially just means sugar.
Okay, and we need a certainamount of sugar for for overall
performance.
We need that in order to burnenergy.
But at the same time, excessamount of carbohydrates can be
converted to fat.
Excess carbohydrates can lead topotentially pro inflammatory
markers.

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And also, carbs essentially aswell.
Can lead to pre diabetes,metabolic syndrome, diabetes,
mellitus.
So we generally don't want to beeating excessive amount of carbs
unless we're actually utilizingthose carbs in the form of
exercise.
But, like I said, protein, ifyou look at the Greek, of utmost
importance, first rank, youreally can't, you really can't
fight those terms.
We essentially, almost all myclients that I see that start to

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increase their protein intake,have all noticed either improved
energy output, improved recoveryfrom workouts.
When you're looking at somebodythat's working out, that's not
getting enough protein, they'reessentially, they're either
injuring themselves repeatedlytheir body is broken down the
next day, they're not recoveringfast enough from their workouts,
and this can often lead tosomething called central nervous

(06:52):
system fatigue.
And also again, we are leavingour body more susceptible to
stress or injury or strain orsprain or tearing something when
we're not getting enoughprotein.
If our body is essentiallycomposed of millions of cells of
protein, why not get more?
And if you're looking at, Someof the research out there on if
you're getting in excessiveamounts of protein unless you're
getting like 1.

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2 to 1.
5 grams of protein There's a lotof research to show that Most
people most healthy individualscan safely get in upwards of two
grams per pound and have nodeleterious effects to their
body the only Probably thingsthat you might want to be
concerned about Or if you havechronic kidney disease or kidney
failure, maybe that, maybe youwant to hold off on certain

(07:35):
types of proteins, butnonetheless, in order to
preserve the health of everytissue, every organ, every cell
of your body, we need moreprotein in our body.
So that's why I consider proteinessentially the god of macros.
And like I said, if you are notgetting enough protein please,
definitely search up FlexureDoctor Data online slash legion,
put in my code Dr.
J and see, essentially get inthe 20 percent discount and get

(07:57):
in the protein that isnecessary.
However, as well, you can alsolook up things like the DIA
score D I A S.
If you look at the DIA score,you can see the types of
qualities of protein out thereand make sure that you're
getting essentially the highestquality of protein which
essentially, if you're anythingabove a a number of one
essentially is the highest levelof protein out there.
So definitely look up the dietscore and make sure that you're

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getting the right quality ofprotein because not all proteins
are essentially created equal.
Okay?
But if you have any otherquestions around protein or
around nutrition, definitely letme know.
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