Arx0nt – Getty Images EATING PROTEIN helps you build muscle, recover more quickly after intense workouts, maintain a healthy weight, and stay full f or longer. So, it makes sense that you’d wEATING PROTEIN helps you build muscle, recover more quickly after intense workouts, maintain a healthy weight, and stay full for longer. So, it makes sense that you’d want to keep upping your protein intake. In the past year, 52 percent of Americans have followed a specific eating pattern, and high-protein diets were their top choice, with 18 percent of people embracing them, according to the International Food Information Council (IFIC) 2023 Food and Health Survey.a…