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Protein is a part of almost all foods we eat, legumes, meats, eggs, and even fruits and vegetables. The thing is, not all proteins are created equal; they differ in quantity, quality and digestibility too. Protein is the basic building block of the human body, we need it to repair muscle, bones, and skin, and to produce enzymes and hormones. That’s why we should choose protein sources carefully. Let’s look at some popular food groups and see how they compare.
CrossFitteři patří mezi nejzdravěji se stravující atlety na světě. Stačí se podívat na Katrin Tanju Davidsdottir, nejfit ženu planety v letech 2015 a 2016: základ její stravy tvoří zelenina, kvalitní maso a nezpracované škroby. Soustředí se na plnohodnotné paleo jídlo a funguje jí to – o tom není pochyb.
Vegans don’t eat animals; insects are animals; vegans, therefore, don’t eat insects. Simple, right? But wait. Did you know that insects don’t feel pain and cannot suffer? Did you know that insects provide all the nutrients that are hard to get on a vegan diet? Did you know that insects require less feed, less land, and less water than any other animal by far? Did you know that substituting some plants for insects can actually reduce animal suffering? No? Then it’s time you took a closer look, because insects are the best thing that happened to veganism.
Věříš na hmyz? Přesněji řečeno, věříš na entomofagii – tedy konzumaci hmyzu? V SENS Foods máme spoustu důvodů, proč jsme na entomofagii vsadili. Pojďme se podívat na těch 20 nejdůležitějších.
We are all well aware of the inhumane treatment and killing of animals that goes on in slaughterhouses and concentrated animal farming operations. But there is another much less talked about, but just as real danger to animals: Farming of edible crops.
Even in a well-formulated real foods vegan diet there are many possible, even unavoidable, nutrient deficiencies. Several studies have shown that both vegetarians and vegans are prone to deficiencies in B12, calcium, iron, zinc, omega-3 long-chain fatty acids EPA & DHA, and fat-soluble vitamins like A & D. Let’s go through the most common ones and look for a solution that doesn’t involve pills, injections or fortified foods.