PROTEIN 101

GETTING STRONG

STARTS WITH PROTEIN

Basic Body Processes

There are over 10,000 unique proteins in the body, and they help with everything from forming the basis for our muscles and bones to fighting illness, digesting food and sending signals to and from the brain.

Building Lean Muscle Mass

Muscle is your body’s largest form of stored protein. When you eat the amount of protein your body needs and get plenty of exercise, protein helps protect your muscles and build strength.

Post-Workout Recovery

After exercise, our muscles need some attention and care. Proteins help repair and rebuild muscle to help us come back stronger.

Feeling Full

Protein is one of the most satiating nutrients, so eating plenty of high protein foods can help you feel full.

Weight Maintenance

Skeletal muscle uses a lot of glucose and energy. 
To support weight maintenance and blood glucose management, it’s important to meet daily protein needs and maintain and build new muscle through regular exercise.(1)

Strong Bones

Alongside calcium and vitamin D, protein can help support strong bones, which are important for a lifetime of active health.

When you’re working to get stronger, not all proteins are the same. Complete proteins – like the protein found in every Oikos product – contain all 9 of the essential amino acids that your body can’t make on its own.

Oikos products are an easy and delicious way to get the goodness of complete protein from dairy along with other nutrients your body needs, like calcium and vitamin D.

(1)  Wolfe RR. The underappreciated role of muscle in health and disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 437 2006;84:475-82.

Protein and
Exercise

What Makes Protein “Complete”?

Why Greek 
yogurt?

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