Your body needs many different proteins for various purposes. It makes them from about 20 'building blocks' called amino acids. Nine of these are essential amino acid, which means you must get them from food. The others are nonessential. This does not mean you do not need them. You just do not...

In recent history there has been a lot of talk about high Protein diets, the Atkins diets, etc… Most nutritionists still agree that a diet that is balanced and contains a large variety of foods including fresh vegetables, fruits, and other carbohydrate sources is the best diet. Diets that are very high...