#288 Healthy High Protein to Feel Stronger and Improve Your Energy with Dr Rupy Aujla
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2025
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
“High protein” has turned into a bit of a marketing buzzword. I’m seeing it plastered on everything from snack bars to cereals and even crisps. Is this actually necessary?
Are we getting enough protein in our diet, or are some of us actually under-consuming this vital macronutrient? Do we need supplements and powders or are whole foods enough? And what about the debate between animal based proteins and plant based?
That’s why I’ve put everything I’ve gleaned from the research and years of cooking into my new book, Healthy High Protein, which is out tomorrow.
I’m sitting down with our Science Content Lead, Sakina, to share my take on some of these big questions about protein.
We’ll discuss:
- Why I think the protein guidelines are set too low
- How eating more protein affects brain health, metabolic health and energy
- How to eat more protein in a healthy way that supports your gut and reduces inflammation
- Plus, my favourite protein sources and how I use them in recipes
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| 0:00.0 | If I'm not trying to build muscle, if I don't go to the gym, do I still need to worry about eating enough protein? |
| 0:05.8 | Yes. |
| 0:06.6 | Is getting protein from meat better than getting it from plants? |
| 0:10.3 | Not necessarily. |
| 0:12.0 | Are beans and lentils enough to meet my protein needs? |
| 0:15.3 | Like if I'm having just a cup of beans? |
| 0:17.5 | Probably not. |
| 0:18.8 | Do we need protein at every single meal? |
| 0:22.4 | Or if I'm just having protein at dinner, for example, is that enough? Probably not. Do we need protein at every single meal or if I'm just having protein at dinner, |
| 0:28.7 | for example, is that enough? Ideally at every meal. What's your go-to, healthy high-protein breakfast at the moment? Overnight oats with hemp seeds, chia, milled flax, plus or minus, an unflavored, minimally processed protein powder. |
| 0:40.3 | Tick, tic. |
| 0:42.1 | Okay, perfect. |
| 0:48.1 | Hi, I'm Dr. Rupi. I'm a medical doctor and nutritionist. |
| 0:52.1 | And when I suffered a heart condition years ago, I was able to |
| 0:55.2 | reverse it with diet and lifestyle. This opened up my eyes to the world of food as medicine to |
| 1:01.6 | improve our health. On this podcast, I discuss ways in which you can use nutrition and lifestyle |
| 1:08.0 | to improve your own well-being every day. I speak with expert guests |
| 1:12.0 | and we lean into the science, but whilst making it as practical and as easy as possible, so you can |
| 1:18.2 | take steps to change your life today. Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast. |
| 1:36.3 | High protein has turned into a bit of a marketing buzzword. I'm seeing it plastered on everything from snack bars, cereals and even crisps. I'm sure you have as well. But is this actually necessary? Are we getting |
| 1:43.2 | enough protein in our diet like many |
| 1:45.8 | scientists are saying? Or are some of us actually underconsuming this vital macronutrient? What about |
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