Intro (What is it?)
• Much of your body is made up of protein, including your muscles, tissues, and organs.
• Your body uses the protein you eat to make lots of specialized protein molecules that have specific jobs.
Body (What’s it look like? /Why does it matter?)
• Proteins can be described as long necklaces or chains with differently shaped beads or links.
• Protein builds up, maintains, and replaces the tissues in your body.
• Scientists have found many different amino acids in protein, but 22 of them are very important to human health.
• Of those 22 amino acids, your body can make 13 of them without you ever thinking about it. In order to get the other nine, you need to eat foods that contain protein.
• Some protein has all of the 9 you need, some doesn’t.
Conclusion
• Protein is an important part of our diet.
• Some healthy sources of complete protein are…(Insert healthy items here)
• Take your weight in pounds and divide by 2. This is the amount (in grams) of protein you should eat each day.
The video opens with two animated characters (probably using Noodle Flix) talking in a TV news report setting. One of them poses the question, “What is protein anyway?” The scene then changes to a graphic of the human body. At that time the narration begins explaining what parts of the body are made up of protein. The parts mentioned are highlighted (using Flash) as they are mentioned.
The scene then returns to the two characters and one of them asks, “What’s it look like?” "I'm glad you asked..." the other charachter responds.
The scene then moves to a graphic of 22 animated protein beads looking much like a necklace or chain with a narration to the same effect. The narration also explains that there are 22 important amino acids in protein and that your body can make 13 of them, no problem. Thirteen are highlighted in the graphic. The narration then explains that nine of them need to be obtained through eating healthy food, and the other nine are highlighted within the graphic.
The scene changes to some photos and/or graphic images of healthy sources of protein. The narration explains that you can get all the nine amino acids from the following foods (complete protein) and only some from others (incomplete protein). All the foods mentioned will have a photo or image of some kind.
Back to the TV studio for one last question from the co-host. She says, “Sounds good, but how much do I need to eat?” Back to the video where a simple mathematic formula is displayed as the narrator explains the equation for figuring out your daily protein intake.