Benefits of a High Protein Diet

• Muscular development
  Combining resistance-based activities such as weight training with higher levels of protein intake is proven to stimulate lean muscle development. Your body is constantly breaking down muscle and rebuilding it, especially when doing weight-based activities. AMRI Hospitals mentions that if you are consuming enough protein and providing the body with amino acids to help repair and grow your muscles, then over time you will increase the levels of lean muscle mass in your body. Another huge benefit from having more lean muscle is an increasing your resting metabolic rate. This means that you are burning more energy naturally, without exercise.

• Reduce calorie intake
  Protein-based foods tend to be more filling and satisfying, so eating more of them in your diet can result in less calories being consumed. Reducing the total amount of calories eaten every day can help you manage your weight more easily.
• Increase overall daily calorie burn
  Your body will utilize a lot more energy to break down and digest protein properly, than foods lower in protein such as fats or carbohydrates. Protein compared to fats and carbohydrates requires more than double the amount of calories to become metabolized, which is known as the thermic effect.
• Increase potential for fat loss
  When you combine increased muscle mass, more satiety from your meals and an overall higher metabolic rate due to extra muscle and the thermic effect of eating more protein, your body has more potential to lose body fat. You still need to be in an overall energy deficit to lose body fat, but having this combination of factors makes dieting much more effective and easier to sustain than other methods of body fat reduction.
• Stronger tendons and faster recovery from injury
  If you supply the body with protein after your workouts, this helps strengthen and repair the tendons and other connective tissue so your body has less chance of injury and is better prepared for further exercise.