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Check your Protein Knowledge
Proteins help your body grow, maintain, and repair itself.
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The Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) for protein show how much should be eaten at different ages.
Vegetarians must eat a variety of grains, beans, and vegetables to get their complete proteins.
Hard, exhausting training schedules may require more protein intake (between 0.6 - 0.9 grams of protein per pound of body weight.)
Young athletes going through puberty may have a slightly higher protein requirement.
Many 15-18 year old boys eat twice the recommended amount of daily protein because of the false belief that more protein consumption will mean more of a competitive advantage.
Excess protein is stored as fat, not as muscle.
Approximately 15-25% of your total daily calories should come from protein.
