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Why is protein so important?

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your body uses protein structurally as building blocks or functionally as enzymes. Strength training tears the muscles, which causes them to be rebuilt. Your body needs adequate protein to do that. Proteins are made from amino acids, since the body can‘t synthezise all of them some have to come from eating. That‘s why your protein sources should be diverse

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