Muscular-Fitness

For bodybuilding and fitness enthusiasts there are a number of high protein low fat foods that should ideally be a part of your regular diet. High protein low fat foods provide the best sources of branch chain amino acids which are the building blocks for muscle growth and muscle repair. Without adequate high quality protein your body simply will not grow after stimulation through your gym workouts or from any other form of exercise. By sticking to low fat food you benefit in so many ways from a health perspective from minimizing your chance of heart disease to avoiding posture and back problems due to carrying excess bodyfat.

On top of the list of high protein low fat foods would have to be fish. Whether the fish you eat happens to be canned tuna, fresh water fish, hake or just about any other fish you could imagine, most fish are extremely low in fat and are full of high quality protein for building muscle and muscle repair. Fish is light, easy to eat, although high in protein fish is relatively low in calories and is digested faster than most other forms of protein.

Skinless chicken breast is a long time favorite with bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts and is mainly due to it being a high protein low fat food that just happens to taste great when it’s cooked in so many ways. Lean fresh chicken can be cooked before you go to work and can be eaten at any time throughout the same day without being refrigerated and is perhaps the most widely eaten high protein low fat food in the world.

My personal favorite high protein low fat food is lean beef. For a bodybuilder you simply cannot go past lean beef as the ultimate high quality protein that is arguably the number one food for building muscle tissue. Beef takes a little longer to digest than fish or chicken but tends to be the most filling and satisfying form of protein to eat. Some blood types like A might have a little trouble digesting too much beef in their diet so in this case having beef just 2 or 3 times per week might be sufficient. However, if you are an O blood type which accounts for about 50% of the global population you can easily consume lean beef everyday. If you are an O type bodybuilder eating beef even more than once per day is ok as it in my opinion numero uno in high protein low fat foods.

If your goal is to build muscle, maintain the muscle you have or lose fat you simply cannot go past the benefits of whey protein powder as an easy to eat and easy to digest high protein low fat food. Whey protein is not just for bodybuilders and weight trainers, it is ideal for all active people from busy mothers to Olympic athletes. Whey protein powder can be blended with fruit or my personal favorite is to blend my morning breakfast protein shake with oatmeal and fruit for a complete breakfast of high protein, low fat, high complex carbohydrate, high dietary fiber and high antioxidants from the fruit. In fact the blend I just mentioned is probably the ideal breakfast food that only takes a minute to make and gives you enough protein and energy to start your busy day.

I can’t forget to mention egg whites as they are another fantastic high protein low fat food that are super fast in digesting and can be added to so many other types of foods. One thing that is important when eating egg whites is to still mix in a little bit of the egg yolk when you cook them. The yolk simply allows you to digest the protein in the egg whites much easier and completely. I normally mix in 1 full egg yolk for every 6 egg whites I eat. If you cooked 3 egg whites just blend in about half of one yolk into the mix.

The high protein low fat foods I have mentioned are all foods that are easily available all over the world and the ideal foods to eat if your goals are to build muscle or maintain a solid level of muscle while keeping your bodyfat to a minimum.