Proteins

I chose to talk about the difference in eating actual protein and the powder protein because a significant number of athletes use the powder. They’re concerned with gaining the muscle that they feel the need to use the powder and sometimes don’t eat actual protein that they may need.

Protein is an important part of an athlete’s diet. I know that this blog is about eating disorders, but I feel like this is important to know too. According to Freeletics.com, protein is important because it’s important for an athlete to gain lean muscle but also maintain muscle tissue.

So why is this even a topic of discussion? It’s because some athletes overdo the protein powder. They drink it after a practice or a lift and then forget about the normal proteins that they should be taking in.

The article says that if athletes have access to lean proteins then they should be using those. It also says that only is certain situations should you use protein shakes. However, too much protein can lead to unwanted weight gain and that’s not what athletes want. They want more defined muscles instead.

https://www.freeletics.com/en/blog/posts/protein-shake-vs-protein-food/

Protein is good there’s no questioning it but too much of it isn’t healthy. Athletes are so concerned with their bodies and that’s why I put this in to the blog posts. They don’t want to be too skinny but being too fat isn’t acceptable and they need to have muscles because that’s also important. We put the pressure on them to do all of these things and to be concerned with weight which for them shouldn’t be a concern at all.