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Are you wondering just how much protein to include in your diet for optimum health?  The perfect diet, which can provide the right kind of nutrition, is composed of a diet with the right combination of carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, and vitamins.

Among all these components, protein has a different and very essential role to play to keep the body in shape and make it strong. The main function of protein is reviving the dead tissues and enabling the growth of cells. Another essential function performed by proteins is the making of hormones in the body and other serums required by the body. Proteins from plants are as nutritious as animal proteins. Proteins are made of essential and non-essential amino acids.

A normal diet should contain 15-20% of protein. The intake of protein shouldn’t be more than 20% as suggested by new research. Protein contributes 4 calories of every gram consumed by the body. The right combination of essential amino acids as per the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) 1989 is: Isoleucine (10 mg), Lysine (12mg), Leucine (14 mg), Phenylalanine (14 mg), Methionine (13 mg), Threonine (7mg), Valine (10 mg) and Tryptophan (3.5 mg). Read the rest of this entry »