High Protein Food For Healthy Life

High Protein Food For Healthy Life

Chicken Breast

Chicken breast tops the list, consisting of 30% protein and giving you more than half of your DV of protein in a 100 gram serving. It’s no wonder why this is a favorite of bodybuilders as well as those looking to add lean muscle to their physique.

Chicken breast is considered a high quality protein, and when compared to other cuts from the same chicken such as the leg or thigh, the breast contains more protein and less fat. So not only will chicken breast help you build lean muscle, it will help you lose fat as well, which is why it is found on many diet programs as a recommended food.

Chicken breast is also a good source of minerals like magnesium and iron, as well as B Vitamins 6 and 12. Chicken breast also contains cholesterol, so you’ll want to watch your intake as to not exceed your cholesterol for the day.

Tips for eating more: Chicken breast is one of the most popular main dishes in America, so it isn’t too hard to find a chicken breast recipe. Several recipes on our list of healthy chicken Crock Pot recipes use chicken breast, providing you with dozens of easy ways to eat more of it.

Eggs

Protein: 6g per egg
Start your day off right with protein-packed eggs. This will give your morning a boost and fuel you until lunch. Cooking with eggs brings breakfast to a whole new level. Mix it up a bit with omelets and quiche or try cooking eggs scrambled, poached, hard-boiled, or sunny-side-up.

Cottage Cheese

Protein: 13g per ½-cup 
Cottage cheese serves as great snack. It’s affordable, comes in reduced-fat versions, and also contains calcium to keep your bones strong. But you can also hide it in creamy dishes, or sub it out for ricotta cheese or sour cream in certain dishes too. Try combining with fresh veggies for a savory treat, or adding fruit and cinnamon for something more sweet.

Pork Chop

 27g Protein (54% DV)
Pork chops secure the number two spot for protein rich foods, rivaling chicken breast for the amount of protein they contain.Pork often takes a backseat to chicken and beef when it comes to popular meat choices, but lean cuts of pork offer plenty of protein without a lot of fat. It’s the fattier versions of pork like bacon and ham that have given it the reputation of being a fatty meat. But just as there are fattier pieces of beef and chicken, you can be selective with your pork and use it as a regular protein source.

Like any meat you’ll want to make sure that you are having a serving of vegetables with it to help your digestive system process it. Animal sources of protein contain no fiber of their own and need an assist in the way of a vegetable.

Tips for eating more: As long as you go with boneless pork chops you’ll be getting similar numbers to chicken breast, and pork chops can be cooked up very similarly to chicken breast, providing your meal with the protein needed to make it complete.

Beef jerky

is the name given to dried pieces of lean beef that have been cured so they can be kept for a long time without going off. Keep some in your gym bag for a meaty hit of protein and creatine anytime you need it. Check the ingredients though, some types have an obscene amount of added sugar.
Protein content: 72g

Ham

23g Protein (46% DV)
Ham makes the top ten in our list of foods high in protein, and it’s made up of almost a quarter protein. The mineral content of ham is also pretty impressive, providing generous amounts of thiamine and niacin, as well as riboflavin.

These minerals may not seem entirely important, as they don’t get as much attention as iron and magnesium, but they’re still important if you are looking to improve your overall health.

Ham contains more fat than some of the other sources of protein listed here, so it may not be the best way to get your protein if you’re trying to lose weight.

Tips for eating more: You don’t want to overdo it when it comes to eating ham, as it’s not the leanest cut of meat in general. Besides being eaten all by itself at a holiday dinner or making it onto a sandwich, you can add ham to soups, cube it and add it to a salad, or serve it up as part of a protein-filled breakfast.

Tofu

gives you 184% of your RDA of manganese. Manganese is used to strengthen bones and metabolise carbs, amino acids and cholesterol, and you get 184% of your RDA from 100g of tofu. It also has 24g of unsaturated fats, which makes it a perfect post-gym protein source because according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology eating unsaturated fats after exercise increases the blood flow in your arteries by 45%, which encourages more anti-inflammatory agents to rush to your muscles.

Protein content: 48g