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Protein also plays important functions when it comes to
bodies. They play many major functional and structural roles maintaining a healthy body weight and supporting healthy
and are components of all cells of the body including enzymes, body sugar levels. In recent years, we have come to learn
hormones and neurotransmitters. Proteins are made up of the dangers of high blood sugar levels which are linked
amino acids which the body then uses to build muscles, bones, to obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Protein helps
cartilage, skin, blood, hair, fingernails, serum albumin, keratin to boost our metabolism and lowers ghrelin—the hormone
and collagen. Used for growth in children, and for daily building that stimulates hunger—so it keeps us feeling fuller for longer
and repairing of tissues, proteins also play a vital role in fluid and periods of time. For optimum health and to maintain healthy
electrolyte balance in our cells, as well as acid-alkaline balance weight, doctors and nutritionists recommend cutting out
in the body. Protein is also crucial for proper immune system processed sugars, avoiding refined carbohydrates and eating
functioning. We need to consume protein every day to maintain more clean protein.
our body’s structure and support life processes. The human
body assembles and utilizes over 50,000 proteins!
Vital to our very life, proteins are the building blocks of our
Protein, a Vital Nutrient for Everyone!
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