Protein Self-Test

What Is Protein Best Known For?

• transporting and storing nutrients and can act as an energy source.

• Protein helps repair and build your body’s tissues.

• It makes up the enzymes that power many chemical reactions and the hemoglobin that carries oxygen in your blood.

• proteins include keratin, collagen and elastin, which help form the connective framework of certain structures in your body.

Answer explanation

Most people mostly eat protein for muscle gain and to rebuild muscles after working out. *All of the other options are true for protein but not as known*

What Is The Most Common Source Of Protein?

• Lean Meats

• Dairy

• Poultry

• Fish

Answer explanation

Most people eat chicken breast, as chicken breast has a lot of protein. But meat is most likely second to poultry.

What is Keratin?

• a structural protein that is found in your skin, hair and nails

• They help speed up chemical reactions in the human body that keeps the person well and alive.

• allows many tissues in your body to return to their original shape after stretching or contracting

•  the most abundant protein in your body and is the structural protein of your bones, tendons, ligaments and skin.

Answer explanation

A type of protein found on epithelial cells, which line the inside and outside surfaces of the body. Keratins help form the tissues of the hair, nails, and the outer layer of the skin. 

What Is Protein?

• Amino acids that combine together and allows repair and growth for tissues.

• Sugar molecules that provide glucose which is converted to energy for the body.

• A waxy, fat-like substance that travels on “lipoproteins”

• A nutrient from your diet that is required for brain development and such. Also providing energy when eaten and supporting cell growth.

Answer explanation

Amino acids are molecules that combine to form into proteins. Protein is required for the growth and maintenance of tissues. Your body’s protein needs are dependent upon your health and activity level.

What Are The Effects Of Low Protein?

• drives metabolic reactions, maintains pH and fluid balance, and keeps the immune system strong.

• slower wound healing times

• lack of protein can make you lose muscle mass, which in turn cuts your strength

• swelling in the legs

What Is Collagen

• A type of amino acid molecule

• A type of enzyme

• A structural protein for your bones, tendons, ligaments, and skin

• A protein that allows stretching and contracting

Answer explanation

Collagen is the most abundant protein in your body and is the structural protein of your bones, tendons, ligaments and skin. 

What Are Other Things Protein Helps With Other Than Repair And Growth?

• can serve as a valuable energy source but only in situations of fasting, exhaustive exercise or inadequate calorie intake.

• drives metabolic reactions, maintains pH and fluid balance, and keeps the immune system strong

• Your body needs them for brain development, controlling inflammation, and blood clotting. 

• transports and stores nutrients and can act as an energy source.

What Is Elastin?

• A structural protein for your bones, tendons, ligaments, and skin

• A protein for your hair, nails, and skin

• An enzyme

• A protein that allows stretching and contracting of tissues in your body

Answer explanation

Elastin is several hundred times more flexible than collagen. Its high elasticity allows many tissues in your body to return to their original shape after stretching or contracting, such as your uterus, lungs and arteries.

How Can Protein Be Dangerous?

• high protein diet that contains lots of red meat and higher amounts of saturated fat might lead to a higher risk of heart disease and colon cancer

• Protein can serve as a valuable energy source but only in situations of fasting, exhaustive exercise or inadequate calorie intake.

• A lack of protein can lead to a slower metabolism

• very high protein diets have a higher risk of kidney stones

Answer explanation

Protein serving as energy source isn’t dangerous but beneficial as it can be used as extra energy if needed. The other options discuss how too much or too little protein can be dangerous.