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Building and maintaining a healthy amount of muscle is important for a number of reasons. Here are a few things to consider in your workout routine and nutrition.

A vegetarian diet can meet the nutrition needs of even the most active athlete even though they tend to have fewer calories per bite than a traditional meat diet. Plant sources of protein aren't quite as digestible as animal sources and iron isn't as easily absorbed but beans, lentils, soy products, tofu & protein powders can be added to help supplement a vegetairian diet.

We need protein to manufacture important proteins and to build and maintain muscle. Protein rich foods satisfy hunger, and keep us going all day long. However, there is a difference between animal proteins and plant proteins and how our body takes them in. Susan Bowerman explains the key differences in this week's Healthy Living video for Herbalife.