Although often difficult to find in the marketplace, the leaves of the quinoa plant are edible, with a taste similar to its green-leafed relatives, spinach, chard and beets. Not only is quinoa high in protein, but the protein it supplies is complete protein, meaning that it includes all nine essential amino acids.
Female athletes who have too little body fat often experience amenorrhea and loss of bone mass, which can lead to stress fractures and osteoporosis. The athlete's level of perâ¦formance also decreases.
Misconceptions. It is possible to have too little body fat. Your body needs some essential fatâconsidered to be about 4 percent for men and 10 percent for womenâto help with hormone production, vitamin absorption and to pad the internal organs. Women need body fat to keep their menstrual cycle regular.