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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/protein-where-do-you-get-it-and-how-much-do-you-really-need/">Protein: Where do you get it, and how much do you really need?</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted July 17, 2007 at 04:35 PM by Katie Drummond</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Any vegetarian can surely recount story after story of being accosted with that one little question: “but where do you get your protein?” Maybe it’s a throwback to the ‘50’s era meat-and-potatoes dining regimen, or a consequence of the whey powder supplements that are all the rage among health buffs, but somehow, North Americans have developed an obsession with all things protein. Suddenly, protein deficiency has become the culprit of everything from fatigue to hair loss to low immunity, when, in reality, most North Americans consume more than twice the necessary amount of protein every day. Of course, protein is of fundamental importance, particularly for those of us who lead active lifestyles. Our muscles are constantly in need of maintenance and repair, and anyone with a rigorous training regimen should be particularly careful that their intake of protein can keep up with…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/protein-where-do-you-get-it-and-how-much-do-you-really-need/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/protein-where-do-you-get-it-and-how-much-do-you-really-need/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/protein-where-do-you-get-it-and-how-much-do-you-really-need/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/protein-where-do-you-get-it-and-how-much-do-you-really-need/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/diet-myths/">diet-myths</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/vegetarianism/">vegetarianism</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/weight-control/">weight-control</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/workout-fuel/">workout-fuel</a><br /><br /> </P>