Diet And The Power Of Protein

Dr. David Heber M.D., Ph.D. Graduate at the HarwardSo what's the key of understanding your body?
medical School and esteemed Director of UCLAYou have to know your body protein, match the
Centre for Human Nutrition, championing a worldwideprotein in your diet to the protein in your body and
battle against human obesity to a life one dedicationunderstand that we each have a personal best shape.
to a science of the human nutrition.One size is not for all. Understand your body shape is
Three decades of researched and commitment ofthe first step for the loosing weight and setting your
helping save people's lives.personal best shape in the most effective and
Resulting of Dr. Heber's directions of the Nationaleasiest way possible.
Institute of Health and the National Cancer Institute.So first thing is understanding your body,
Director of the Mark Hughes Cellular and Molecularunderstanding your body shape, understanding your
Laboratories at UCLA, Chairman of the Medicalbody fat and how it relates to your diet and life
Advisory Board of Herbalife International. And nowstyle.
hear directly form Dr. Heber how you can obtain yourThe first thing I will do to teach you to understand
best possible Shape.your body is to determine the amount of protein
Today everyone is talking about obesity.that is in your body. Protein is extremely important, it
One of two Americans are overweight, one of threehelps to maintain healthy muscles and organs in your
are obese. Countries like Japan who has always hadbody. If you don't eat enough protein in your diet,
an healthy diet, today finds that obesity has beenyour body steal your protein from muscles, leaver
increase to 5 % to 20 % of the population! This is aand other organs. If there is not enough protein in
worldwide epidemic!your diet you don't' have enough energy during the
For the first time in human history there are 2 billionday. But if you eat enough protein you have a lot of
overweight people and 2 billion underweight people inenergy and protein will help you to satisfy your
the world with the two numbers equal for the veryhunger. So you won't be as tempted to eat the
first time in human history.wrong foods.
So what's happened in the last 20 years?Now, I am determining how much protein is in your
I like to say: "it's not a fish, it's the aquarium", webody. I estimate your lean. For every pound of lean
haven't changed, our genes are the same, they havein your body, you need 1 gram of protein. So a
been in our body for 50.000 years, what's changed iswoman with 100 pounds of lean will need 100 grams
our diet and our lifestyle.of protein a day, her husband with 150 pounds of
We have fast food, we eat a lot of snacks, welean, will need 150 grams of protein in his diet every
spend a lot of time in our cars, we have sedentaryday. And I can also determine the amount of calories
job sitting at computers all day, if we can understandyou burn every day, with a very simple tool. Two
our body, understand how they work, we can solveelectrodes on your hands and feet, fully painless, and
this problem together.in a few seconds using your electrical properties of
So the first step is understanding your body shape,your body I can determine how much lean and how
and understanding your body fat and understandingmuch fat is in your body.
your body protein.A woman with 100 pounds of lean burns 1400
People comes out with all different shapes, man cancalories per day since every pound of lean burns 31
get body fact mostly in the upper body, women getcalories per day.
it either in the upper or in the lower body.Her husband with 150 pounds of lean burns 2100
The upper body fat, is fat that allows you to hangcalories per day.
on the calories while you search for food. You maySo now I know how much protein you need in a diet
resist whole days without food in the jungle withand how many calories you burn per day.
your upper body fat.How can I find out how quickly you loose weight on
Women lower body fat is there to allowed them toa diet? What turns out is, if I can give you a diet
breast feed infant. It responds to the femalethat's 500 calories lower I calculate to be resting
hormones. It too is an important organ in your body,calories burned per day, you loose 1 pound per week.
just like your hearth, the kidney, or your brain.Finally I can determine your target weight, what will
Understanding how it works and understanding howbe your right weight for you at the proper range of
your diet relates to your body shape, your body fat,body fat.
your body protein, is the key of being successful.All of that information in a few minutes from this
I've got a lots of different patients in the last 30simple tools. So we are building a road map for you.
years. Typically a big man with a lot of upper bodyIf you are gonna go on a trip for a city for vacation,
fat tells me: " Oh, I can loose weight any time Iyou'd like to know "which road do I take? How long
want, I can cut my stake in half and I loose 20will take me to take there? What's my final
pounds!"destination? Using this simple tool we found to map
The bad side of habits he thinks he can loose weightout your journey to your personal best body shape.
any time he wants. So he doesn't care of what heHow many calories you burn per day? How much
eats every day and he may continue to eat a 400protein you need in your diet how quickly you loose
grams stakes with onions rings...weight, your ultimate target weight should be.
On the other hand of the spectrum, there is a smallNow you know how much protein and how much
woman who wants to loose weight but can't. Shecalories you will need to loose weight properly.
follows all rules, eats the right food, but because herBut how we do it? How it will do during the day?
metabolism is slow, because of her low level or bodyWell, it's very difficult for you to eat the right
protein, she is not able of loose weight as easily.number calories just try to eat less of your favourite
Women usually loose weight more slowly than man.foods.