Importance of Protein
This is what protein does for your cells
What is protein keeps your cells in good shape?
This is the part of your body where you can find the tough protein called keratin.
What is hair (or nails)?
This term describes a food (like meat or eggs) that has all the essential amino acids your body needs.
What is a complete protein?
These are the basic "building blocks" that connect in a chain to create a protein.
What are amino acids?
The body uses this to digest protein
What is energy?
This is what protein does/makes to help you eat
What is protein makes enzymes to help you digest food?
This is the main tissue in your body that protein helps to rebuild and grow after a workout.
What is muscle?
This is how many calories are in a gram of protein
What is 4 calories per gram?
This is the specific chemical bond that links amino acids together.
What is a peptide bond?
What is the type of fish with the most protein?
What is the yellow fin tuna?
This is what protein makes to help your immune system fight off sickness and germs.
What are antibodies?
What is provides better bone health?
This popular bean often used to make tofu is one of the few plant foods that is a complete protein.
What is a soybean?
These are the cells that include proteins
What is all of them?
Too much protein could cause these results
What is high cholesterol and heart disease?
This is what red blood cells that contain protein compounds do for your body
What is carry oxygen through the body?
This famous protein is found in your skin and joints, keeping your skin stretchy and healthy.
What is collagen?
These are the groups who should eat more than the recommended amount
What is athletes, injured or recovering people and/or pregnant women?
This is the number of "essential" amino acids you must get from food because your body can't make them.
What is 9?
This pair of organs has to work extra hard to filter out waste if you eat a massive overload of protein.
What are the kidneys?
This is what protein does for your endocrine system
What is keep your hormones regulated/balanced?
This is what your body will use protein for if you completely run out of carbohydrates and fats.
What is energy?
This is the percentage of how much protein should be in your diet
What is 10-35%?
This is what happens to a protein's shape when it gets too hot or exposed to acid, causing it to stop working.
What is denaturation? (or denaturing)
The blood protein that holds fluid inside blood vessels
What is Albumin?