Eating protein makes your gut release certain hormones that help you feel full faster and eat less food.

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Controversies surrounding high-protein diet intake: satiating effect and kidney and bone health.

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2015 May

The study looks at how eating a lot of protein makes you feel full and eat less, just like the claim says, by affecting certain hormones in your body.

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Controversies surrounding high-protein diet intake: satiating effect and kidney and bone health.

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DOI: 10.3945/an.114.007716

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