The Huffington Post shares the results of a study on the Journal of the American Medical Association that explains why this is. They even share advice on how to incorporate more protein into your diet! Heres a snippit of the article:
"People who consistently consume more calories than they burn each day will lose lean muscle and accumulate body fat more easily if their diets contain too little protein and too much fat and carbohydrates, suggests a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association."
Stay healthy and eat your proteins!