DAWSON’s PLANT PROTEIN powder is mainly from yellow pea imported from BELGIUM under the trade name PISANE. It is easily digested, hypoallergenic, lactose free, cholesterol free, and consists of all essential amino acids.

Why you need Plant Protein?

1. IMPROVE MUSCLE MASS

Protein is the building blocks for healthy muscle mass; essential to support flexibility of tendon and ligaments; compulsory to strengthen structures of body organs, blood vessels, skin, bones and teeth. New research demonstrates that the meal distribution and amount of protein are important in maintaining body composition, bone health and glucose homeostasis. (Donald K.Layman, 2009) When your diet is lacking in amino acids (the basic units of protein), “muscle wasting” (aka. muscle atrophy) can happen where muscle fibers are broken down to support body’s energy needs.

Protein is especially important for post work-out to recover all damaged muscle tissue and quickly grow back into ideal lean muscle. More relevantly, immediate supplement with fast-digesting protein after workout would significantly reduce muscle soreness so that you are better prepared for the next session. While protein alone won’t enhance athletic performance, research has shown that taking pure protein before and after exercise promotes muscle recovery, increases lean muscle development and effective in muscle ache treatment. Moreover, the level of essential amino acids required to stimulate muscle protein synthesis would increase with age, due to gradual decline of body function. (Donald K. Layman 2009) Complete Plant Protein supplementation will be very beneficial when daily balance diet has been a challenge.

2. SUSTAINABLE WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Protein can help you lose weight and prevent you from gaining it in the first place. No matter what kind of weight management strategies (portion control, calorie counting, meal planning, or work-out calendar), protein remains to be one crucial element in delivering successful and sustainable results.

DAWSON’s Plant Protein is hypoallergenic and low in calorie yet increase satiety to a greater extent than carbohydrates or fats. Sufficient protein intake would reduce food cravings in long term basis. When consuming protein, it creates a process in the body known as thermogenesis which meant to boost up metabolism rate and promote “fat-burning” effect naturally. With at least 25-30 g protein/meal, provides improvement in appetite, body weight management and cardio-metabolic risk factors (Leidy HJ et al., 2015). While dietary or lifestyle change must be personalized for weight loss to be effective, studies show that controlled calorie intake in association with a moderately high-protein intake can be an effective and practical weight-loss strategy.

3. IMPROVES BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL

Insulin enters the blood stream to help regulate carbohydrate, sugar and protein metabolism. Protein stimulates insulin release but it may not be as much as carbohydrate does, so rich protein diet is usually lower in glycemic index (GI-index) which means that it will not cause high fluctuations in blood sugar. It is crucial for diabetic person to avoid high GI-index food (high carbohydrate/ sugar).

DAWSON’s PLANT Protein has very minimal effect on blood glucose levels, whereby it can actually slow down the absorption of sugar during a meal, avoiding sudden sugar spike in blood. This means that emphasizing on adequate protein intake in daily meals can help in blood glucose monitoring, balancing energy level, especially important for preventing type 2 diabetes, keeping appetite and mood in check. Replacement of carbohydrates with protein improves glycemic control measured as reduced post-prandial hyperinsulinemia (Walker-Lasker DA, et al., 2008) and blood glucose control (HbA1c) in Type-2 diabetic (Gannon MC et al., 2003).

4. BE HAPPY NO WORRY (Helps improve your mood)
It ain’t about the quantity, quality protein may work better than you can imagine. Amino acids are the fundamental units of protein. The brain is very dependent on several amino acids to make enough neurotransmitters – the brain hormones which have direct impact on mood, emotions and cognitive functions. For example, tryptophan, tyrosine and phenylalanine is important in serotonin production to calm us down and stay positive.

When constantly providing sufficient amino acids to our body, it helps your brain to synchronize with all body part systems (especially our gut system), to keep metabolism and blood sugar in-line. Because protein helps stabilize glucose in your blood, it also prevents mood changes, irritability and food cravings. Many people who are lacking in key amino acids start experiencing drowsiness, weakness, moodiness, and increased anxiety or signs of depression. Mood swings? Depressed? It may be related to protein deficient.

5. PROMOTES HEALTHY BRAIN FUNCTION
Brain has its own unique pool of free amino acids (basic units of protein), very different from other organs, particularly higher levels in glutamate and GABA. Brain amino acids are the keys to making neurotransmitters, hormones and certain enzymes to help us listen and learn new knowledge while focus and remember information’s. For instance, tyrosine is an amino acid that promotes Dopamine formation that provides a burst of energy to our brain and increase our alertness. On the other hand, tryptophan is the precursor of serotonin (aka. the EQ neurotransmitter) that promotes calmness and sense of well-being. Studies have shown that when amino acid deprivation takes place, learning and coordination suffers, but once all necessary amino acids are reintroduced into the diet, learning and motor skills improve.

HALTHY BRAIN FUNCTION IN TEENS
The brain of a growing teens is still constantly developing by making connections between synapses and neurons through neurotransmitters even after puberty. Protein synthesis in brain development of growing kids is higher compared to an adult. It is important to have enough protein for a balance meal, continuously supply the brain to keep up with amino acids concentration.

Lean beef, skinless poultry, fish, beans, low-fat dairy foods, eggs, nuts and seeds are all healthy sources of protein. While teens are prone to stuff themselves with high-fat snacks and high sugar diet, a homemade protein snack bars or enriched protein smoothies using DAWSON’s PLANT Protein would be a better alternative.

6. HELP MAINTAIN STRONG BONES

Loss of bone mass (osteopenia) and loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) are closely related with aging while the risk of osteoporosis is one of the most common issue during aging (Paddon-Jones D. et al, 2008; Heaney RP et al., 2008), dietary calcium and protein with physical activities are the main key points associated. Calcium supplement alone will not have much effect if protein intake is limited since protein helps to enhance the absorption of calcium in our intestine and aid in bone metabolism. In a 3-year clinical study of 342 healthy men and women with 65 years of age and older, those who consumed the most protein and were supplemented with calcium experienced the greatest improvement in bone mass density (Dawson-Hughes et al., 2002).

When someone eats a low level of protein, insulin-like growth factor production is reduced, intestinal calcium absorption is reduced and level of parathyroid hormone is increased, causing more calcium to deplete from bone, which in turn negatively affect calcium and phosphate metabolism and resulted weaker bone mass. The positive effects of calcium appear to require intakes of protein >1.2 g/kg to have beneficial effects (Heaney and Layman, 2008). Additional levels of protein are required to meet the needs demanded by physiological stress. Furthermore, taking enough protein can also help to maintain lean tissue and immune status where progressive loss of structural strength and mobility is apparent.