In this article, I want to share some of my favorite plant-based complete proteins. There are many other great sources of protein for vegetarians/vegans, but this article will only outline the specific ones that contain all the essential amino-acids.
First off, why be vegetarian/vegan? For me, there were a few specific reasons which motivated me to stop eating meat some time ago. The first one, is how meat and animal products affect your health and digestive system. Animal products are the main reason why people have such high levels of cholesterol. Why take an artificial man-made pill, with a slew of side-effects, to lower your cholesterol when you can just stop eating foods that contain it?
Meat is also very difficult to digest for humans. Our intestinal tract is a lot longer than meat eating predators such as lions, which allows them to digest the rapidly decaying meat quickly.
If you've ever seen someone whose body isn't seriously over-weight, but their belly sticks out abnormally far; this is usually because their colon is very backed up with hard to digest foods such as meat, cheese, and white-bread. This causes serious health problems, one of course being colon cancer (the number one killer in the U.S.), but also the easiest disease to prevent.
Another, is just being aware of how animals are raised and treated in order for mass consumption by humans. These poor animals, are forced into very small areas, live in their feces, fed abnormal GMO laced diets, given growth hormones and antibiotics, which you're now taking into your own body. These animals are brutally tortured, and killed inhumanely by the handlers.
This torture and fear, gets injected into the animals blood from the chemicals, and adrenaline that the animal produces when it's experiencing high-levels of trauma. This fear and trauma, transfers directly into that.99¢ quarter-pounder with cheese. Along with the ammonia the meat is soaked in during processing, in order to kill e-coli bacteria (yummy!).
After I stopped consuming meat, I noticed a shift in my level of awareness and consciousness. My body felt a lot lighter and energized. I didn't get angry as easily, and could think faster and more clearly. Meat stopped looking appetizing, and I lost taste for it completely. Vegetables, fruits, and grains started to taste a lot differently than before, I started to crave them instead of a hamburger. My relationship with animals, and my pets changed as well. It's a pretty amazing shift once experienced.
Here's the vegetarian complete protein guide. This is all of the plant-based complete proteins that I try to include into my diet as much as possible:
• Quinoa - By far my favorite, quinoa is very easy to make, and goes great with any dish. You can get quinoa usually in the bulk section at grocery stores, and health food stores for a decent price. To prepare this, you can soak it in water in the refrigerator overnight, and then mix it with soup, pasta, salads or taco's just to name a few. You can also cook it like rice, just put one cup into a pot, with one cup water or mushroom broth and spices, boil quinoa until soft, and all liquid is absorbed.
• Chia Seeds - Another good one, these are best sprouted in the refrigerator for 2-3 days, rinsed, then blended into smoothies, oatmeal, salads, or dressings.
• Hemp Seeds - A very delicious and nutritionally dense seed. Can be eaten in many different ways such as raw, cooked, hemp milk, added to smoothies, salads, cookies, and bread. They also contain a very high amount of essential fatty-acids, which are crucial to the human diet.
• Spirulina - A plant which is found in the sea and fresh water. You can purchase this in either tablet, or powder form, and add it into your smoothies. The absolute best form I've found is at Healthforce Nutrition. Their Vita-Mineral Green has a very high amount.
• Amaranth - This grain contains no gluten, and is often referred to as "the crop of the future". This seed along with quinoa, make a very good Tabouli salad.
• Buckwheat - This grain is cheap, hearty, and makes wonderful pancakes. Last year, Madison and I made buckwheat pancakes at a local farmer's market, and everyone loved them! The recipe we used is in the Healthy Recipes page.
• Soybean - A complete protein, however, I try my best to limit this from my diet as much as possible. After doing some research, I've decided Soy may do more harm than good.
For other sources, there's a brand named Ezekiel that sells complete protein bread, English muffins, and cereal found in most health food stores that we love.
I'd love to hear some of your own recipes that include any of these complete proteins. If you'd like to share, I have a place in my healthy recipes page where you can tell everyone all about it!
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