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According to a study, a diet rich in protein improves body composition, enhances weight loss, and improves glucose and insulin levels. This reveals that by increasing the proportion of protein against carbohydrates in meals, gives positive effects on body composition , blood lipids and satiety during weight loss. Although it is difficult to say that a particular diet has a different effect on different individuals, the results carried out on a group of individuals indicate that a higher protein diet can be effective in the control of body weight.

Gluconeogenesis is a process wherein a high protein diet and low in carbohydrates, helps burn more calories when the body converts protein to glucose. Another advantage of eating high protein diet is that when there is less variety of foods in you palette, it restricts you from eating more and keeps a check on unnecessary weight gain.