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Is Soya a Miracle Food?
The Flower Power revolution of the sixties gave birth to a wave of free love, radical music and vegetarianism. Yet we soon realized lentils and rice didn’t quite make the cut for a balanced diet. The need for more plant proteins opened a door of opportunity and the soya industry walked right in. Today soya is the world’s foremost provider of vegetable protein and oil. Yet many are questioning if this well marketed product is really suitable for human consumption. Soya evolution Even though we are all familiar with soya as common source of nutrition it’s main purpose is actually for livestock feed and industrial use. In 1913 the US…
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The Body Doesn’t like Measured Food!
Calories, Carbs, Kilojoules? Why do we count them? Are these labels a marker for healthy nutrition? Societies recent obsession with creating ‘balanced nutrition’ appears to have resulted in quite the opposite result. Some of the most well known diets are actually ending in malnutrition. Instead of creating health dieting simply ups the bar of food obsession. And why wouldn’t it? If you are lacking in essential nutrients your brain is going to make sure you are constantly thinking about food until you have reached nutrient satisfaction. Constantly thinking about food is rarely a psychological disorder, it is in fact a sign of nutrient deprivation. Today you can be overweight and still be nutrient…
