Greetings from Carole Taylor ... your Weekly Update ~ June 27
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Although we often think about what we eat, research shows that protein pacing ~ when we eat and how ~ also often plays an important role.
According to Isagenix Scientific Advisory Board member Dr Paul Arciero, “Protein pacing is the scientifically proven combination of eating healthy, lean, protein foods at the right time of day to maximize health and performance.”
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When subjects ate a diet higher in protein and paced their protein intake throughout the day, they lost more body weight, more body fat, more abdominal fat, and they maintained their lean body mass.
Consuming protein throughout the day in an amount that your body can use efficiently helps to stimulate muscle protein synthesis, stimulate your metabolism, and most importantly, keep you satisfied to help manage appetite.
Here are the basics on how it works:
- Spread your protein intake over four to six meals and snacks per day.
- Consume about 20-30 grams of protein, or 25-35 percent of your total protein intake, at each meal.
Protein pacing combined with the quality nutrition, ease, and flexibility of an Isagenix System are effective at helping both men and women successfully achieve and maintain their weight loss goals.
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Unfortunately, most older adults don’t meet the recommended dietary allowance of protein. As well, there is often a vast imbalance in protein intake across the meals eaten.
Many skip breakfast, a zero percent protein intake, whereas dinnertime consumption offers the highest protein intake out of all three suggested meals.
A 3-year study of 827 older men and 914 older women was performed at McGill University, and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The study concluded that among individuals between the ages of 67 and 84 distributed protein consumption throughout the day shows an upward trend in muscle mass strength.
Older men and women who consumed protein more evenly across their three meals performed much higher on their muscle strength tests. In addition, older men also showed a high mobility score.
Protein pacing can help fuel the energy needed for older adults to get through the day and can help hinder muscle strength degradation.
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For athletic performance, when to eat is just as important as deciding what to eat ~ yet its importance is often overlooked.
The ISSN (International Society for Sports Nutrition) suggests that the precise timing of protein consumption ~ pre, during, or post exercise ~ is not crucial.
What is important is the regular ingestion of protein throughout the day.
For athletes or exercising individuals, recommendations currently suggest that 20-40 grams of protein every three to four hours is most effective in meeting the daily intake of protein as well as maximizing muscle protein synthesis.
Following a nutrition program like Isagenix, with high quality protein throughout the day, can lead to increased training ability, performance, and muscle adaptation.
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Protein quality is vital to benefiting from protein pacing. Dietary proteins that contain a full complement of essential amino acids (and higher concentration of the branched-chain amino acid, leucine) maximally stimulate muscle protein synthesis.
The high quality protein in Isagenix Shakes, IsaPro, IsaLean Bars and Isagenix snacks make it easy to incorporate protein pacing into your general health and fitness program.
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Statements above have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
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