{"id":35,"date":"2024-02-23T14:13:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T11:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenpress.co\/?p=35"},"modified":"2024-02-23T14:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T11:14:02","slug":"not-bulking-bro-why-protein-is-important-for-the-rest-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greenpress.co\/blogs\/news\/60649411-not-bulking-bro-why-protein-is-important-for-the-rest-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not Bulking Bro\u2019 &#8211; Why Protein is Important for the Rest of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every now and again, when I say the word \u2018protein\u2019 to clients, their eyes widen and they edge away from my desk. I think they\u2019re scared that I\u2019m going to try and enter them in to a body building contest. Especially for women, increasing protein can be a terrifying concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Protein is Important<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is that protein does so much more than just building muscle tissue. In fact, proteins are just chains of little building blocks called amino acids, and out of the 22 amino acids, it\u2019s only three of them that make up most of our muscle tissue. So what do the rest of them do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without adequate protein, your body can\u2019t manufacture the hormones that regulate good mood; it can\u2019t build healthy, glowing skin; it can\u2019t detoxify the liver effectively. Simply put: without protein, your body starts to fall in to disrepair. Proteins are the building blocks of a healthy body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proteins are also essential because they counteract the\u00a0glycaemic effect of excess carbohydrates\u00a0by slowing their release in to the blood. This means that protein can actually help you lose weight, not just bulk up. It\u2019s a complicated process, but the easiest way is to explain it like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Higher protein + higher carbohydrate + heavy lifting = muscle growth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Higher protein + low-to-medium carbohydrate + body-weight resistance exercise\/cardio = tone, fat loss, and overall vitality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And ladies, with a lower testosterone level than men, you don\u2019t have to worry about bulking up like a pro athlete. It would take a lot more heavy lifting to get you there than it would for a man; your hormones simply aren\u2019t designed to create that kind of body shape easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s time to do away with the \u2018protein = bulging biceps\u2019 concept and remember that it is in fact an essential macro-nutrient that contributes to overall wellness, and one that can also be harnessed to achieve our fitness goals \u2013 whatever they are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and again, when I say the word \u2018protein\u2019 to clients, their eyes widen and they edge away from my desk. I think they\u2019re scared that I\u2019m going to try and enter them in to a body building contest. Especially for women, increasing protein can be a terrifying concept. Why Protein is Important The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenpress.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}