JANICE JOSEPH

THE PROTEIN MYTH: ANIMAL PROTEIN

VSPLANT PROTEIN

PROTEINS…

Healthy and complete protein is an important part of your diet.

Protein was the first nutrient to be discovered and named .

Vital for building, repairing and maintaining tissues.

From the pages of history:

•Francis Moore in her book ‘ Diet for a small planet stated plant proteins are incomplete and we need to take animal proteins for our health.•20 years later she corrected her theory and other researches proved her theory wrong•But still people stick to the concept “IF I NEED PROTEINS I NEED TO TAKE MEAT “

In order to sustain growth and profits in the meat industry, their trade associations promote meat as the only good source of protein

The concept of chicken and fish protein as healthy is often promoted through so called mainstream articles written in health related magazines and publications.

ANIMAL PROTEINS PLANT PROTEINS

HIGH QUALITY PROTEINS LOW QUALITY PROTEINS

COMPLETE PROTEINS INCOMPLETE PROTEINS

SOURCES: Meat, fish, poultry, eggs and diary

Sources: Almost all fruits and vegetables

ADVANTAGES OF PLANT PROTEINS

1.LOWER FAT : 100 grams of ground beef has 24 grams of protein, 21 grams of fat, and 0 grams of fiber. One hundred grams of kidney beans has 23 grams of protein, 1 gram of fat, and 15 grams of fiber

2. HIGH FIBER : Fiber is found only in plant foods. Fiber can make you feel full for a long time, prevent cravings and help you control your appetite. It also contributes to heart health because it has no cholesterol. Fiber contributes to good digestive health by promoting bowel regularity.

3. LOWER WEIGHT: Plant proteins are usually lower in calories per serving than animal sources. Replacing animal proteins with low-fat plant proteins and using low-fat cooking methods just a few times per week may help you lose weight

4. MICRONUTRIENTS: Eating a variety of plant-based proteins provides amino acids you need to be healthy, with the added benefits of varied vitamins and minerals

DISADVANTAGES OF ANIMAL PROTEINS

1. High cholesterol: Contributes to weight gain, high blood pressure, heart diseases

2. Requires more energy to digest than plant proteins

3. Becomes toxic: Animal proteins stays in blood stream to 4 days and have toxic effects.

4. Acidifying: Cause acid levels to rise and leads to cancers, heart diseases.

HOW ANIMAL PROTEINS AFFECT OUR HEALTH ?

OSTEOPOROSIS Animal proteins encourage calcium loss

Kidney problems Kidney stones ,Kidney function loss

Cancers FatHighly heated foodsCarcinogenic content in cooked foods

Impaired pancreatic function

Pancreatic overload

HOW DOES THIS MYTH AFFECT OUR ENVIRONMENT

•World meat consumption doubled between 1950 and 2009• Uptick in consumption of eggs and milk has been similarly staggering. •If we continue at this rate, by 2050 we will be eating two thirds more animal protein globally than we are today

1.Acres of land used for cultivating wheat and soybeans to feed the live stock using fertilizers and pesticides

Pesticides and fertilizers enter water stream

Water Pollution Marine dead zones

2.The feed processing factories again consume a lot of energy for this process before the feed is transported to various parts of world.

5OO Million tons of manure is produced by live stock every year

Pollutants enter water sources Waste decomposing

Water pollution Dust, odour, toxic gases

Marine dead zones Health effects

GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSION1.Ruminant digestion of cows and sheep - Methane (25 times potent than carbon dioxide)

2.Feed production - Pesticides and fertilizers - Nitrous oxide (300 times the warming effect of carbon dioxide)

3.Manure - Methane and nitrous oxide

•Beef has more than twice the emissions of pork, nearly four times that of chicken and more than thirteen times that of vegetable proteins such as beans, lentils and tofu.• Eating 4 ounces of lamb is equal to driving 13 miles in terms of carbon foot print.

What about climate change ???Skipping meat once a week can make a meaningful difference if we all do it

If everyone in the U.S. chose a vegetarian diet – the equivalent of taking 46 million cars off the road or not driving 555 billion miles and it would reduce overall carbon emissions by only 4.5 percent

If you eat one less burger a week for a year, it’s like taking your car off the road for 320 miles or line-drying your clothes half the time.

YES.. WE CAN DO A LOT…..

WHAT I THIMK IS…. Proteins you consume are composed of amino acids.

But if these proteins lack one of the essential amino acids, you can't use them for construction purposes. So we don't need protein, but amino acids.

Any fruit or vegetable contains amino acid as long as it is not cooked. Even consuming the right mixed fruits only, you will absorb almost twice as much of all the amino acids as you minimally need.

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SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS…Eat foods that make sense—foods that are easily digestible

and are easy to eliminate; foods that will give you energy instead of foods that will deprive you of energy and plant proteins does make sense.

THINK LONG TERM NOT THE IMMEDIATE

PLEASURE

REFERENCES

T.Colllin Campell “The China study” http://books.google.ca/books?id=KgRR12F0RPAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=china+study&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vB5wT47hD6Px0gGTirXRBg&ved=0CEsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=china%20study&f=false

http://www.theproteinmyth.com/the-protein-myth-map/

http://www.lifemojo.com/lifestyle/plant-protein-vs-animal-protein-11268874

http://structure-structural-software.blogspot.ca/2010/08/animal-proteins-disadvantages.html