High protein diet is always famous among the sportspersons. Bodybuilders always include the sources of high protein in their daily diet chart. Sources for high protein may include chicken breast, turkey breast, Lean cuts of pork, and Lean cuts of red meat, Eggs and Egg whites, fish, Low fat cottage cheese, skim milk, protein powders. Persons who don't workout daily can have moderate high protein diets whereas the people doing intense workout must take 1 gram protein per lb of their bodyweight.

Either you are working out for fat loss or for muscle building; a high protein diet will surely help you. Significant amount of protein is needed in daily diet to recover from the daily workouts and to build the muscle tissue. So it is not possible to build muscle without protein in the diet as muscle tissue is broken down in the intense workout. If the goal is fat loss even then the high protein diet is a must. Most of the high protein diets are very low in saturated fats, so by taking that you also reduce you calories intake. 

The timing of high protein food is also an important issue. The high protein diet should be spread over 5-6 meals throughout the day. But three critical moments when you should take high proteins are breakfast, post workout intake and before-bed meal.

You should give your body a good amount of protein to start up in the morning. Then after your workout, give it a protein shake to kick start the recovery process. And at the last, give your body some slow digesting protein diet that will give a steady release of amino acids over the night.

If taken naturally, it takes much time to cook high protein foods in kitchen. So, it's an easy way to take the protein powders which are high in protein and also easy to consume. Just be cautious while choosing the protein powder for you. Whatever method you adopt for the high protein intake, don't forget to include lots of vegetables and fibrous carbs in your diet to help the protein to digest. Salads and steamed vegetables are good sources for fibers. Also try to maintain the continuity in the protein intake to maintain a steady supply of aminos to the muscles.

And remember that if enough protein is not being taken in the diet body uses the muscle tissues to recover itself after the workout, hence causing the adverse effects.