What are the best protein foods to eat ?

Or animal flesh in general.

Eggs, nuts, beans, fish

Cottage cheese, eggs, Greek yogurt... those are the three that are quickest to just grab. Meals? What do you like?

Protein sources (includes vegan options): http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/926789-protein-sources

adamitri wrote: »

FoxyLifter wrote: »

Protein sources (includes vegan options): http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/926789-protein-sources

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Dang it! When did that happen?? I really liked that list because you could see the protein-to-calorie ratio per serving.

Ok, here's another link: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/highproteinfood.htm

ETA: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fjFQO_6ea9BxhDEMWD-6sfZLLznKD0mQN-BzGF8q4Pg/edit?pli=1#gid=0

I like this spreadsheet more than the other link I provided.

edamame...soy beans.

I try to eat a walnut every evening. Just a protein vitamin kind of.

To answer this question for myself, I made a spreadsheet of the types of protein I like to eat. I put in calories, grams of protein, and cost. Then I calculated a few things.

Calories per gram of protein
Lowest items from my list: canned tuna in water, protein powder, applegate lunchmeat, precooked chicken breasts, cottage cheese

Protein per $1
Highest items from my list: protein powder, peanut butter, tofu, ti’s chicken sausage

Might be useful to make a spreadsheet like this for the foods you eat. How to use it also depends on your goals. For example peanut butter has a lot of calories per gram of protein, but it is also one of the cheapest sources of protein.

Dead animals.


Pork is more nutritious than beef, which is more nutritious than chicken.
Of course, organ meat is king for nutrition, but, ew.