Eating protein throughout the day preserves muscle and physical function in dieting postmenopausal women, study suggests

Eating protein throughout the day preserves muscle and physical function in dieting postmenopausal women, study suggests: "Dieting postmenopausal women who want to avoid losing muscle as they lose fat should pay attention to a new study. Adding protein throughout the day not only holds hunger pangs at bay so that dieters lose more weight, it keeps body composition -- the amount of fat relative to muscle -- in better proportion."