About Alameda County. Alameda County, located on the east side of the San Francisco Bay, occupies a land area of 743 square miles, and is the seventh most populous among all California counties and second in the Bay Area with more than 1.5 million citizens. The population is highly diverse, both economically and ethnically.
You probably know you need to eat protein, but what is it? Many foods contain protein (say: PRO-teen), but the best sources are beef, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products, nuts, seeds, and legumes like black beans and lentils. Protein builds, maintains, and replaces the tissues in your body. (Not the tissues you blow your nose in!
Protein Foods. Foods high in protein such as fish, chicken, meats, soy products, and cheese, are all called âprotein foods.â You may also hear them referred to as âmeats or meat substitutes.â. The biggest difference among foods in this group is how much fat they contain, and for the vegetarian proteins, whether they have carbohydrate.