Highest protein for least calories?

amychantel
amychantel Posts: 52 Member
in Food and Nutrition
What foods have the highest protein for the least calories? Chicken breast? Thanks.

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  • sktllmdrhmz
    sktllmdrhmz Posts: 1,799 Member
    Basically meats. Of those, I usually find fish to have the best ratio. Most anything lean will usually have less than 10 calories per gram of protein.
  • up2me2lose20
    up2me2lose20 Posts: 360 Member
    The order I'd put them in for most protein vs. least calories:

    Fish. :)
    Chicken breast
    Lean Pork
    Lean Beef
    Egg Whites (you need to eat a lot to meet protein requirements, but I do eat a lot of them, lol)
    Cottage Cheese (high sodium)
    Plain non-fat Greek Yogurt (higher sugars)

    Whey protein powder is also agreat source of protein!!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    For a little variety: natural beef jerky (i.e.: not the kind with MSG and a ton of sugar). Mom and Pop beef jerky with just meat and a little salt, or chile or something. Relatively low in calories too.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Tuna - drained from the brine in the tin (water packed, not oil packed) virtually 100% of the calories are from protein,
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
    I'm boring and eat egg whites =)
  • bobbybdoe
    bobbybdoe Posts: 472 Member
    Like said above, generally lean meats. You can also try soybeans/edamame - they're pretty good too. 130 calories for 1/4 cup + 14g of protein.
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    Technically speaking it's Whey Protein Isolate. But for whole foods, definitely lean meats like chicken breast and egg white.
  • exacerbe
    exacerbe Posts: 447 Member
    protein isolates. egg whites. lean meats.

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