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Proteins are the building and repairing materials necessary to our bodies. They break down into amino acids, which are our body’s building blocks for muscles, hormones, and neurotransmitters. Those brain chemicals needed for mood and focus.

Proteins also participate in the satiety signal. They trigger a key hormone release: glucagon, which balances the effects of insulin. And thus, can reduce cravings for sugar. Amino acids found in proteins are essential for detoxification because they help flush toxins out of our body. We also need protein for beautiful skin, hair, and strong nails.

Among the 22 available, 8 so-called essential amino acids should be supplied at the same time in defined proportions to be correctly assimilated. But not all dietary proteins are well balanced in their composition.

The benchmark protein for the ideal amino acid balance is egg. Animal proteins are of higher quality than those from plants since they are better balanced in essential amino acids. However, vegetal proteins may be just as good if you know how to combine them (legumes with cereals).

This is how we must vary our sources of protein to best meet the needs of our body.

Plant or animal proteins are equal in terms of protein value. Only the part of saturated / poly saturated fatty acids of animal proteins has no equivalence in the plant sector. Protein waste is also much higher in animal protein. And global pollution at the ecological level is ten times less concentrated in the plant world.

In addition, most animals today are stressed, hormones and antibiotics fed. You thus ingest what they have swallowed, and what they have undergone is energetically flesh inscribed. Hence the great importance of choosing if you choose to consume them. The meat’s origin and ensuring its quality is optimum.

We have already mentioned the harmful effects of consuming non-organic or not artisan breed meat and fish with animal proteins.

Meat overfed with hormones and antibiotics, often raised in tiny spaces, stressed…

Farmed fish are fed with cereals but are they GMO-free guaranteed? You will also notice that they are much fatter. Look at some salmon for example. You can see the difference between the two visually. Farmed salmon have white veins. The wild one much less, its flesh remains very orange.

But let us also not be too quick condemning all farmed fish. Some follow strict specifications, and fishes are raised with care.

Ocean fish are often concentrated in heavy metals including mercury. Some more than others, like tuna for example. That is, fatty fish absorb more than lean ones. Garlic is also a very good remedy for removing heavy metals stored in fat and are impossible to remove otherwise.

Not to mention that some fish, so over-consumed now, are on the verge of disappearing: tuna, cod… The list is so long that I prefer to give you the fish that are still not threatened: sea bass, sea bream, haddock, scallops, shrimps, squid, and herring.

Cereals are deficient in lysine. Legumes are in methionine. These two amino acids “aa” are said to be essential, they are part of the 8 amino acids necessary to assimilate them all together.

The proportion for a plate is to be 3/4 of cereals for 1/4 of legumes:

• rice / lentils,
• rice / soy,
• bulgur / chickpeas,
• corn / black beans,
• wheat or barley with peas, etc.

If we are satisfied with cereals, or legumes, we cannot assimilate them. Thus, it is very important to mix grains and legumes together, to have them all.

But the first rule is using organic products and soak them, or even germinate prior cooking. You should, then, not have any of the difficulties often associated with legumes.

And so, we can vary our protein intake, which makes it possible avoiding eating too much meat, which is acidifying and very uric acid productive, toxic waste for our body.

The first and most decisive sign is a lack of muscle tone and muscle wasting. Other significant signs include low blood pressure, fatigue, and poor resistance to infections. And with children, we will notice stunted growth.

The deficiency affects skin quality with poor healing. This is where you can see stretch marks (with a deficiency of zinc, vitamin B6 and magnesium) or wrinkles with less elasticity of the skin.

But in our countries, it is quite rare nowadays to see a protein deficiency. It would rather be overconsumption.

There is no way to store them. The excess protein not burned by energy is transformed into fat. And protein already contains fat, especially animal fat. The surplus of unmetabolized proteins generates acidifying toxic residues (uric acid and purines).

Protein also makes you drink more as it creates more nitrogenous waste which passes through urine. If you do not drink enough, kidney’s overload increases and so does uric acid’s level in the blood. The acidification then induces tendonitis, leading to arthritis and then osteoarthritis. Too much protein and not enough oxygen to metabolize it also forms free radicals. That is premature aging of cells. Proteins contain only 25% oxygen while complex sugars 50% (fat 12%).

And lastly, protein tends to slow down the elimination of residual waste. Be sure to add fiber and vegetables when consuming them. Which is not often the case with a protein diet.