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High protein diet — A high protein diet is often recommended by bodybuilders and nutritionists to help efforts to build muscle and lose fat. It should not be confused with low carb diets such as the Atkins Diet, which are not calorie controlled and which often… … Wikipedia
high protein diet — a diet containing large amounts of protein, such as from meats, fish, milk, legumes, and nuts … Medical dictionary
high-protein diet — noun a diet high in plant and animal proteins; used to treat malnutrition or to increase muscle mass • Hypernyms: ↑diet … Useful english dictionary
Protein efficiency ratio — (PER) is based on the weight gain of a test subject divided by its intake of a particular food protein during the test period.From 1919 until very recently, the PER had been a widely used method for evaluating the quality of protein in food.In… … Wikipedia
High Energy Biscuits — (HEB) are wheat biscuits containing high protein cereals and vegetable fat. Because of their high energy to weight ratio they were acquired by the World Food Programme, the food aid branch of the United Nations, for feeding disaster victims… … Wikipedia
Protein diet — may refer to: *High protein diet *Low protein diet … Wikipedia
protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… … Universalium
Protein (nutrient) — This article is about protein as a nutrient. For protein as a class of molecule, see protein. For other uses, see bodybuilding supplement. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. Proteins are polymer chains made of amino acids linked… … Wikipedia
Protein in nutrition — Proteins are broken down in the stomach during digestion by enzymes known as proteases into smaller polypeptides to provide amino acids for the organism, including the essential amino acids that the organism cannot biosynthesize itself. Aside… … Wikipedia
protein concentrate — ▪ dietary supplement a human or animal dietary supplement that has a very high protein content and is extracted or prepared from vegetable or animal matter. The most common of such substances are leaf protein concentrate (LPC) and fish… … Universalium
