Category:Protein

When choosing a foods for meals, protein can be added in one's diet when these foods are included:

Meats* Lean cuts of: beef ham lamb pork veal

Game meats: bison rabbit venison

Lean ground meats: beef lamb pork

Lean luncheon or deli meats

Organ meats: liver giblets

Poultry* chicken duck goose turkey ground chicken and turkey

Eggs* chicken eggs duck eggs Beans and peas black beans black-eyed peas chickpeas (garbanzo beans) falafel kidney beans lentils lima beans (mature) navy beans pinto beans split peas

Nuts and seeds almonds cashews hazelnuts (filberts) mixed nuts\ peanuts peanut butter pecans pistachios pumpkin seeds sesame seeds sunflower seeds walnuts

Seafood* Finfish such as: catfish cod flounder haddock halibut herring mackerel pollock porgy salmon sea bass snapper swordfish trout tuna

Shellfish such as: clams crab crayfish lobster mussels octopus oysters scallops squid (calamari) shrimp

Canned fish such as: anchovies clams tuna sardines

Pro"te*in, n. Etym: [gr. prw	os first: cf. prwtei^on the first Place.] (physiol. Chem.)

Defn: a body now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered To be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name. Protein crystal. (bot.) See crystalloid, n., 2.