5 Protein Food for a Healthy Diet

What is protein and why is so important?

Protein is a macronutrient which its main role is to build, maintain and repair tissues. So if you're wondering where we use protein in our body here is a few places where it can be found:

Muscle Tissue.
Bones.
Hair.
Nails.
Skin.
Blood, specifically our Red Blood Cells.

As you can see, protein can be found in most places of our body and is highly important to include protein in your diet to stay healthy, but in which foods can we find proteins? Here are 5 foods where you can find it and are a good source of proteins:

Black Beans

Cooked Black beans contain approximately 16 grams of proteins per cup. If you don't like the flavor of black beans, well don't worry here is the page where you can find different ways to prepare it and who knows maybe you will like one:

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/19129/ingredients/beans/black/

Organic Tofu

Tofu contains 8-15 grams of protein per 3 oz serving. Tofu can be really hard to eat due to its savor but you can't deny all the beneficial properties it has, so to make it more enjoyable to eat you can prepare it in different ways:

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Almonds

Almonds contains 6 grams of proteins per serving cup. Almonds are a good way to get your daily doses of protein, also they are delicious and can be used in different desserts:

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Potatoes

Potatoes contains 4 grams of proteins in 1 medium size potatoe. Although many believe that potatoes are not beneficial for your health, it does contains many vitamins and minerals for a healthy body. So if you decide to include potatoes in your diet, you can use these recipes as a guide to make a delicious and healthy meal with them.

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Avocado

Avocado contains 2 grams of proteins per 1/2 avocado. Avocado is a great source of many other minerals and vitamins, but for proteins, it has a low source of it, so to balance this you can combine avocado with other low source proteins food to make a balanced healthy food for you.

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