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Check Your Nutrition: Protein

 

You need protein every day to help build muscles and enzymes that help your body function.

 

Take our quiz to see if you are eating the right amount of protein!

1. How often do you eat meat, poultry, pork, eggs, or fish?

Never or hardly ever
A few times per week
About once a day
A couple times a day
At least 3 times every day—I'm a total carnivore!

 

2. How often do you have dairy, soy, or rice milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, or cheese?

Never or hardly ever
A few times per week
About once a day
A couple times a day
At least 3 times every day. Got milk?

 

3. How often do you eat veggie burgers or vegetarian chicken patties?

Never or hardly ever. If it's vegetarian, I don't eat it.
Once or twice a week
Every other day
Most days
At least once a day

 

4. How often do you eat beans, lentils, nuts, or peanut butter?

Never or hardly ever
Once or twice a week
Every other day
Most days. I love my PB & J's!
At least once a day

 

5. How often do you eat tempeh, tofu, or other soy products?

Never or hardly ever. What's tempeh?
Once or twice a week
Every other day
Most days
At least once a day

 

6. Choose the statement that best describes you:

I limit or cut out protein foods.
I eat foods that have protein in them, but I don't try to eat tons.
I try to eat a high protein diet by eating large servings of meat, drinking protein shakes, or by eating extra high protein foods.




   

 

 

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