CISD: Commit to be Fit
May 3, 2016
Healthy Eating Tuesday Tips - Protein and carbs
Protein is essential to building lean muscle mass and loosing fat. Carbs are very important for energy, but most people are getting way to many carbs and not enough protein. This is the area most women are lacking in their diet. I have covered portions in one of my past newsletters, but a good rule of thumb is that half your plate be green and the other half split between carbs and protein. The size of the palm of your hand is the size you should have of protein or meat. Watch doubling up on carbs. Having a potato and corn counts as 2 carbs, so does pasta and a roll.
10 Protein Rich Foods to add to your diet:
Cottage Cheese
Greek Yogurt
Chicken
Spinach
Tofu
Fish
Eggs
Quinoa
Milk
Nuts
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Jennifer Speulda, RN
Email: jennifer.speulda@commerceisd.org
Website: commerceisd.org
Location: 3315 Washington St, Commerce, TX, United States
Phone: 903-886-3757 637
Twitter: @nursespeulda