PROTEINS

FOOD SOURCES

• Meats - chicken, beef, & pork
• Fish - seafood
• Peas & beans
• Eggs
• Nuts

TOO MUCH?

• Weight gain
• Extra body fat
• Stress on kidneys
• Dehydration
• Leaching of important bone material

TOO LITTLE?

• Muscle wasteing
• Infection from lack of antibodies in the immune system
• Weakness - sick constantly
• Skin rashes
• Changes to hair texture

INTERESTING FACTS

• An average man needs 46 grams a day
• Yellow fin tuna = most protein (30g. Per 100g.)
• The pig is the most eaten protein in this era
• Not digesting protein - Alzheimer's and cancer
• Proteins can't be stored in the body

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