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When is the best time to eat protein powder for fitness?
Drink after exercise. Supplementing high-protein food within half an hour after resistance exercise during fitness or weight loss can restore muscle fibers damaged during exercise and increase the growth of muscle tissue. However, eating processed protein powder is not as good as eating food rich in protein, which can not only exercise muscles and shape, but also play an auxiliary role in burning fat.

1. What role does protein play in the process of fitness and weight loss?

Protein mainly gains muscle, shapes and burns fat in the process of losing weight and fitness. It can provide energy supply to the body, increase satiety and avoid sagging skin after weight loss. In addition, it can also avoid muscle soreness after fitness. Eating food rich in protein or protein powder can repair muscle tissue, promote muscle growth, and avoid body aches after fitness.

Second, in addition to protein powder, diet should also pay attention to collocation.

(1), three meals rule, balanced nutrition.

Regular diet contributes to the stability of metabolism and sufficient nutrition, so that the body has enough nutrition to burn and metabolize fat. Just like eating well and doing things well, sticking to three meals a day during weight loss or fitness is very helpful for weight loss, fitness and developing good eating habits.

(2) Increase calcium intake.

Sufficient calcium combines with fatty acids and cholesterol in food in human intestine, which has the auxiliary function of inhibiting fat formation and promoting fat burning. At the same time, it can also supplement the calcium needed by the human body. What are calcium-rich foods such as milk and bean products?

(3) Reduce the intake of high-calorie, high-fat, high-sugar and high-salt foods.

These foods have little nutrition except that they are high in calories and fat. Eating more will not only increase calories, fat and body fat, but also damage your health.

(4) adjust the order of eating.

The adjustment of diet order is conducive to reducing food intake and developing good eating habits. For example, drink a cup of warm water before meals, then eat vegetables, then eat protein food, and finally eat the staple food (coarse grains).