Suggestions for high protein diet.

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What is the best balanced diet for maintaining a good hair? Any suggestions for high protein diet.

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High protein diets have only a few little complications, the biggest one is getting that amount of protein into yourself without going overboard on calories or fat. The simplest rule of 'does it contain protein' is ask the question "Did it used to move around and be alive" and 99% of time if the answer is yes you have something with a decent protein content.

The fastest dissolving protein is whey protein, there are a million powders out there and pretty much all of them are bland but do the job, my favorite (and the cheapest) is 90+ Protein.
The second fastest dissolving is egg whites, and it is a good idea to use only 1 egg yolk when having whites if you need to keep fat and cholesterol down, although there is as much protein in a yolk as the white.
The best meats if you want protein content with 0-2% fat content are chicken and turkey, fish is good to eat as well, especially mackerel.


If you are after high protein generally you have to be ready to eat in a strict (and expensive) way, ideally you want something like:

Breakfast: scrambled eggs made with 1 yolk and 2 egg whites

Lunch: Protein shake, and something like a chicken or turkey sandwich on wholemeal bread or a bagel - it is funny how much protein is in a bagel. Nearly as funny as the calorie content!

Dinner: Chicken or fish or just about any kind of meat and rice or pasta, keep it wholemeal, or a baked potato, simple carbs.

Snacks: Fruit, cottage cheese, more fruit

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