By James Tsitas
on 23 February 2021
Protein
Protein, carbohydrate and fat are the 3 major foodstuffs. Protein and carbohydrate each have 4.0 calories per gram, whilst fat has 8.9 cals/g. For positive alterations in the body, protein is said to be the most important macronutrient in the body (1). Protein is rarely stored as fat. This is proven by research conducted by Antonio, et al. (1), who showed that when the participants in his study consumed 5.5x the recommended daily intake of protein, they did not increase their body fat mass.
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