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Proteine sind ein Bestandteil von fast jedem Lebensmittel, das wir essen. Hülsenfrüchte, Fleisch, Eier und selbst Gemüse und Obst enthalten Proteine. Die Sache ist, nicht alle Proteine sind gleich geschaffen; sie unterscheiden sich in Quantität, Qualität und auch in der Verdauung. Protein ist das Fundament des menschlichen Körpers. Wir brauchen es um unsere Muskeln, Knochen und Haut zu regenerieren und zur Produktion von Enzymen und Hormonen. Deswegen sollten wir unsere Proteinquellen sorgfältig auswählen. Schauen wir uns ein paar beliebte Lebensmittelgruppen an und sehen mal, -wie sich diese vergleichen lassen.
CrossFitters are among the healthiest eating athletes in the world today. Just look at the 2015 and 2016 fittest woman on earth Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir: the bulk of her diet is vegetables, quality meats, and safe, unprocessed starches. She focuses on wholesome paleo friendly foods and it works for her, there’s no denying that.
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.
Do you believe in insects? More precisely, do you believe in entomophagy, the practice of eating insects? At SENS Foods, we have a lot of reasons why we made our bet on entomophagy. Let’s take a look at the 20 most important ones.
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.
