The Importance of Protein

Protein is a vital nutrient as it helps to grow and repair muscle, bones, skin, ligaments, and more. That even includes hair. Without protein you wouldn't be able to carry out processes such as digestion. When you are sick, protein helps with the immune system which fights infections.

Even though it is an important part of all the things above, I'm going to specifically mention about repairing and growing muscle. Lets say that you went to the gym and do a hard session (well any session really). When you use your workout, tiny sections of your muscle get ripped apart. Protein is what fixed those 'weak-spots' and makes them stronger, therefore giving you bigger muscles. If you had a lack of protein in your diet, but still workout lots, then you'll just get weaker and weaker as your muscle breaks down because there isn't enough protein to fix the muscles.

Another interesting thing that we should look out for is that endurance athletes require more carbohydrate (I’ll get into that later on) for energy, so some don’t really think about their need for protein as well. We use protein just living! Children use protein to grow their whole body. So no matter what you are doing, you have to make sure that you have enough protein coming into your body.