Everybody needs protein in their diet. It is an important part of building and repairing body tissues, as well as being an important energy source.
Protein is one of three macronutrients required to be eaten in our daily diet. The other two macronutrients are carbohydrates and fats. Protein is the main building block for the body and together they make for the best possible diet. But just like any other food, you need to make sure that you eat foods in the right combination to get the best possible nutrition from them.
There are two main sources of protein: plant-based and animal-based. Plants source of protein is mainly made up of complex carbohydrates which can be divided into two basic categories: complex carbohydrates and simple carbohydrates.
Contrary to popular belief, animal-based protein is not superior because only animals have the genetic mechanism to convert starches into simple sugars. humans have no such mechanism and instead we get our simple sugars from a number of processed foods that include bread, pasta, rice, cereal and cakes and so on.
The more you look into nutrition, the more you become convinced that much of our diet comes from processed foods. These normally come in handy, fast-eating packages. They are very accessible, have been processed to a high degree of reduction and they are very convenient too.
In fact, many of you probably eat more processed and junk foods than even the average American. The truth is that most of the real “food” that we eat is nothing but a series of chemicals we have gathered together. In most cases, we don’t need to actually sit down and eat these foods.
On the other hand, the chemicals in most foods only work properly when we use them in combination with each other and with other chemicals in the right combinations. Foods such as grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes and milk all contain hundreds and sometimes thousands of different chemicals in combination.
Yet it is extremely hard to actually understand how these chemicals work together or why they work. When you take any food, any chemical, it is broken down, used or eliminated by the body. In fact, each chemical is broken down and eliminated depended upon its particular role in the overall process of digestion. The chemicals in food are studied intensely, because understanding how they work provides us the knowledge we need to feed ourselves and our children in a healthy and wise way.
To see how our food chemicals work together, we have to understand the basic principles of digestion. At the most fundamental level, food is broken down to simple components, called molecules, which are then used to make new molecules. This is how it works in our bodies.
Molecules are the basic building blocks of food. These are made up of simple elements like oxygen, carbon and hydrogen. Maintaining a healthy body is about eating the right kinds of diets. These diets should consist of the right kinds of foods, namely whole natural foods, such as enzymes, vitamins and minerals.
In spite of the beauty of our complex digestive systems, which effectively remove most food contaminants and poisons from our diets, we have a Another problem. The digestive systems of all modern nations are overworked and are not able to properly cope with the massive amount of toxins we now regularly take in. Much of the produce sold to us today is contaminated with heavy metal toxins, such as radium, nickel, lead and mercury. The overworked and lack of proper digestive enzymes break down these toxins, which then enter our blood and then our tissues.
We Need to STOP poisoning ourselves!
We all need to consider long-term exposure to small amounts (L popcorn at a basketball game, for example) of such heavy metals, as well as other toxins, which can only be eliminated by ingesting foods that have gone through extra-fermented and fermented practices. Whenever possible, we should avoid all GM or genetically modified foods.
The more natural and less processed the foods we eat, the more completely our bodies will enjoy both digestion and elimination. Fresh and real foods are almost always best. Often less is more. Unprocessed foods, like vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds, legumes, and rawggie wrapped up in a millions of different and complex molecules are the real best for health.
A good diet is like a balanced palette: a combination of all the different colors. When the various colors are mixed together in such a way as to make one bright colorful mixture, that is viewed as balance.