Adolescents consuming 30 to 40 grams of protein in a meal are less likely to choose unhealthy foods later in the day.

“and there's some very interesting research out out of Heather Li's lab and basically when she put individuals younger uh adolescents on a meal of 30 to 40 grams of protein they were much less likely to choose say Donuts or something uh outside of what we consider a healthy nutrition plan later in the day or in the same meal later in the day so um is essentially augmenting their willpower”