Your body needs protein to grow and repair cells and to work properly. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

While your body can make some of them, we have 9 essential amino acids that have to be obtained through your diet. Protein is found in a wide range of foods obtained from both plant and animal sources.

The reason animal products like beef, fish, dairy, and eggs are considered complete proteins is that they contain enough of every one of these essential amino acids.

Many protein sources from plants are too low in or missing one or more of these essential amino acids. Hence they are considered incomplete protein sources.

There are several other benefits of proteins including weight loss, muscle building, and keeping your belly full.

Here is the list of 10 nearly complete high protein foods that are suitable for the ketogenic diet.