Short YouTube video segment by Dr. Ashley Lucas recommending combining protein with healthy fats to support muscle mass (especially important after age 40), slow digestion, stabilize blood sugar and energy, reduce cravings, prolong fullness, and promote steadier fat burning throughout the day compared with meals higher in carbs.
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When you consume protein, you know that it helps to build muscle, support your muscle mass, which you want to highly focus on when you're dropping weight. If you are over the age of 40, your primary goal is to maintain as much muscle mass as possible because it's just so hard to do as we age. So you want to combine this protein with these healthy fats because together they help to slow digestion, they stabilize your blood sugar and energy levels and support your metabolism. Together this combo helps to keep your cravings low and it promotes this feeling of fullness for a longer period of time. So when you eat your healthy fats and protein together, you're going to be full for a much longer period throughout the day than if you combined say carbs and protein even or just carbs and fats. So this perfect combination of protein and healthy fat is going to provide you the ability to burn fat in a more steady way throughout the day.