162: Protein to Energy Ratio
Did you know that humans are hardwired to eat until we get enough protein? Amino acids are so critical to health that your body will drive you to keep eating if you’re not getting enough. The more we prioritize protein, the quicker our body will be full and satisfied which lessens the risk of overeating the energy foods (carbs and fats). Excess energy gets stored as fat so, the better we manage our P:E ratio, the better we regulate our appetite, our weight and our health.
In this week’s podcast we’re diving deeper into this nutritional concept as we prepare to start my new program - 10x Stronger - which prioritizes protein and building muscle. Come listen and come join us!
EPISODE 162: Protein to Energy Ratio
Show Notes
(0:00) Intro
Today I wanted to talk about the nutritional concept of protein to energy ratio but I was thinking - that’s not very Eastery. But then you know what - God showed me that actually it is.
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(2:05) Protein to Energy Ratio
We are genetically wired to eat food until we get enough protein.
Your body needs nutrition. And a huge part of what it needs are those 8 essential amino acids that we get from protein.
We are about 65% water, 20% protein, 10% fat, 4% minerals and 1% carbohydrate.
The word protein comes from the Greek origin proteios, meaning “first place” or “primary”
Protein is the primary substance that makes the structure of your body.
Jesus once used the analogy of how a wise man builds his house on rock instead of sand. A rock solid house - your rock solid holy house - is built on protein.
(5:44) In his book The Search for the Perfect Protein, Dr. David Minkoff, says:
All people with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are protein malnourished.
All depressed people and people with anxiety are protein malnourished.
All osteoporitic patients are protein malnourished.
All patients with cancer are protein malnourished.
All patients with autoimmune diseases Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis are protein malnourished.
All patients with sleep disorders are protein malnourished.
All Parkinson’s patients are protein malnourished.
And all Alzheimer’s dementia patients are protein malnourished.
(7:03) Looking more closely at the 3 macronutrients:
Protein is used to make your body, fats and carbs are used to fuel your body.
Most people are getting way too much energy and not enough building material.
Excess energy gets stored as fat on the body.
Proteins are your meats, fowl, eggs and fish - they come from the animal kingdom.
Fats come from both the plant and animal kingdom
Plant fats would be olives and olive oil, coconut/coconut oil, avocados/avocado oil, nuts and seeds and nut butters.
Fats from the animal kingdom are the fats naturally occurring in meat - like the fat on your steak or the fat on your bacon. It’s also rendered animal fat like lard and tallow. And your dairy fats - butter, cream, cheese and all that deliciousness.
Everything else - and I mean everything from vegetables to beans, to oatmeal to fruits to donuts and chips - fall into the carbohydrate category.
SAD Diet:
There’s a whole new sect of food in our supply that didn’t used to exist - the toxic top 3- refined sugar, flour and oil. This is the Standard American Diet, which is why we call it the SAD diet.
These modern, refined, packaged foods combine carbohydrates and fats - the two sources of energy when, in nature, you don’t really see it this way.
The most hyperpalatable, addictive foods are this carb and fat combo which are manufactured with the absolute worst, low quality inflammatory ingredients.
(16:11) Prioritizing Macronutrients:
When you constrain one of the energy macronutrients, you lower your incidence of energy overload and, therefore, your incidence of weight gain.
I prefer prioritizing protein and then fat and carbs last so I favor going the route of lowering carbs.
Protein is your steady eddy. You want to make protein 20-30% of your diet. If you have health issues or weight concerns - keep it on the higher side. The more protein you eat, the better you will moderate your energy intake.
Optimizing protein intake naturally reduce your cravings because your body gets the amino acids.
(19:10) Anchoring in the Lord:
Just like our body drives us to seek protein to meet our physical needs, our spirit will drive us to seek Jesus for our spiritual and emotional needs.
Protein is the primary substance of our body and Jesus is the primary substance of our life.
The Easter message I have for you today - fill up on Jesus first so that you are not weighed down by worldly energy. Your load will be lighter but your foundation will be strong.
I hope you’ll be joining us in 10x Stronger. We officially start the first Monday in May but it is open now so that you can read up, get fired up, get prepared and be ready to build strength in spirit, mind and body.
(21:18) Outro & Disclaimer
Thanks for listening! Have a healthy and blessed week!