List of Protein Rich Foods You Must Know About

It is important to know protein rich foods because protein is one of the major biomolecules, and our body uses it to continue its normal functioning. There are four major biomolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. Our body is made up from all four.

Protein is made up of amino acids. There are twenty amino acids in total and nine out of those twenty are essential. What we mean by essential is that our body is unable to synthesize those amino acids and it must take them from an external source (food).

Muscles of our body are made up of proteins. Protein also play many other vital roles within our body, therefore, it is essential that you are consuming adequate amounts. Deficiency may lead to muscular atrophy and many other disorders. If you diet is of high quality, and contains sufficient amounts of protein, then most of the disorders that result due to deficiency can be prevented.

Now we know what protein is and the role it play within our body. We also know that deficiency may lead to muscular atrophy and other diseases. So now we are going to list some of the common protein rich foods that people consume to prevent deficiencies. The list of foods that is shown below is by no means complete. But it does include the most common protein food sources out there.

Have a look at the list of protein rich foods below for inclusion in your diet plan. The number which appears beside the name of food represents the amount of protein found per 100 grams.

·        Chicken breast – 29g

·        Turkey breast – 30g

·        Chicken leg – 26g

·        Chicken thigh – 24g

·        Fish (of various kinds) – 16-26g

·        Mozzarella cheese (low fat) – 32g

·        Cottage cheese – 30-33g

·        Pork – 25g

·        Beef – 36g

·        Eggs – 13g

·        Tofu – 7g

·        Beans – 17g

·        Peanuts – 7g

We hope that this list of protein rich foods helps you make decision about protein in your diet. Using this information you can see which food products provide you the highest amount of protein so that you could include it in your diet if needed. There is another thing that you must know about protein, and that is the digestibility. Protein from different sources comes with varying digestibility. Protein from some foods (such as beef) is easily digestible, whereas protein from other sources might not. Have a look at this webpage about PDCAAS, which explains the digestibility of different protein in more details.