Protein is found in virtually every place that you look. It is needed for every cell in the body. It is found in many different food sources, from the obvious (chicken and beef) to the surprising (milk and soybeans). Think carefully about your day yesterday: did you get up in the morning, eat a nutritious breakfast and then get ready for work? Did you work steadily until it was time for your lunch, opening your carefully packed lunch bag to see what kind of well-balanced foods that you have brought to stave off the midday starvation feeling? Did you leave work at the end of the work day and drive straight home, relaxing with the newspaper and perhaps a few minutes of television before sitting down to a hot and home cooked meal? Did you have a small snack before you went to bed, sleeping peacefully and restfully for at least eight hours so that you could face the next day fresh and new? If you’re like most Americans, you probably did not.