Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 (extract from " What's Cooking " a free monthly eNewsletter from Dr Fuhrman, MD) (So many of Amma's devotees are having health problems; hope this helps some, at least a little. ~ Amarnath) Many people are still tied to the myth that a diet needs to include lots of animal products to ensure adequate amounts of protein and to be nutritionally sound. All foods are made up of macronutrients: fat, protein, and carbohydrate. Macronutrients contain calories; calories supply us with energy. If people are overweight it is from consuming more calories than their body needs. Changing the distribution of fat, protein, and carbohydrates does not matter as much as changing (reducing) the amount of macronutrients (calories) consumed. Protein deficiency is not a concern in the modern world. It is next to impossible to consume too little protein. The commercially promoted myth that high animal protein consumption is necessary for good health is something we urgently need to dispel if we want to halt the heart disease and cancer epidemic. Vegetables, grains, beans, nuts and seeds are all rich sources of protein. In fact, there is a benefit to obtaining the vast majority of your protein from plant foods. Increasing vegetable protein and decreasing animal protein, along the lines of my Eat To Live plan, dramatically reduces cholesterol. Plus, plant-based foods provide an abundance of antioxidants and other cancer and heart disease fighting nutrients, which are not found in animal products. So get the facts, there is plenty of protein in plant foods. Here is a list of some foods showing the protein content as a percent of calories. It might be surprising . . . Food Percent Protein Watercress 60% Broccoli Raab 47% Chinese cabbage (bok choy) 47% Asparagus 34% Boston Bibb lettuce 33% Lentils 30% Kidney beans 27% Peas 27% Great Northern beans 27% Brussels Sprouts 24% Oats 17% Almonds 14% Blackberries 12% Apricots 10% Cantaloupe 9% Brown rice 9% Cherimoya 8% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " What's Cooking, " ... one can sign up for a FREE e-Newsletter @ http://www.drfuhrman.com/library/bulletin.aspx Each Issues Contains * Dr. Fuhrman's Tip of the Month: * Recipe of the Month: Tasty recipe ideas * Monthly Menu: * Testimonials: * Food For Thought: answers to common questions regarding health. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more about protein, the May 2003 Healthy Times Newsletter, Issue #7 is available only to members; but, if you would like it, I can send you my copy for free OFFLINE. PLEASE REQUEST THIS OFFLINE; thank you very much. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amma Bless, amarnath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Thank you for this Amarnath, it seems that every doctor and health therapist advises vegetarians to eat more meat protein, when the real advice should be to Be a better vegetarian: eat super high quality foods(vegies of all kinds, raw and cooked, beans and grains and fresh fresh fruits) and liquid fast every so often. the pizza, coke, sweet foods and coffee vegetarian will have problems no doubt. Ammachi , " amarnath " <anatol_zinc wrote: > > > (extract from " What's Cooking " a free monthly eNewsletter from Dr > Fuhrman, MD) > > (So many of Amma's devotees are having health problems; > hope this helps some, at least a little. ~ Amarnath) > > Many people are still tied to the myth that a diet needs to include > lots of animal products to ensure adequate amounts of protein and to > be nutritionally sound. All foods are made up of macronutrients: fat, > protein, and carbohydrate. Macronutrients contain calories; calories > supply us with energy. If people are overweight it is from consuming > more calories than their body needs. Changing the distribution of fat, > protein, and carbohydrates does not matter as much as changing > (reducing) the amount of macronutrients (calories) consumed. > > Protein deficiency is not a concern in the modern world. It is next to > impossible to consume too little protein. The commercially promoted > myth that high animal protein consumption is necessary for good health > is something we urgently need to dispel if we want to halt the heart > disease and cancer epidemic. Vegetables, grains, beans, nuts and seeds > are all rich sources of protein. > > In fact, there is a benefit to obtaining the vast majority of your > protein from plant foods. Increasing vegetable protein and decreasing > animal protein, along the lines of my Eat To Live plan, dramatically > reduces cholesterol. Plus, plant-based foods provide an abundance of > antioxidants and other cancer and heart disease fighting nutrients, > which are not found in animal products. > > So get the facts, there is plenty of protein in plant foods. Here is a > list of some foods showing the protein content as a percent of > calories. It might be surprising . . . > Food Percent Protein > Watercress 60% > Broccoli Raab 47% > Chinese cabbage (bok choy) 47% > Asparagus 34% > Boston Bibb lettuce 33% > Lentils 30% > Kidney beans 27% > Peas 27% > Great Northern beans 27% > Brussels Sprouts 24% > Oats 17% > Almonds 14% > Blackberries 12% > Apricots 10% > Cantaloupe 9% > Brown rice 9% > Cherimoya 8% > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > " What's Cooking, " ... one can sign up for a FREE e-Newsletter @ > http://www.drfuhrman.com/library/bulletin.aspx > Each Issues Contains > > * Dr. Fuhrman's Tip of the Month: > * Recipe of the Month: Tasty recipe ideas > * Monthly Menu: > * Testimonials: > * Food For Thought: answers to common questions regarding health. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For more about protein, the May 2003 Healthy Times Newsletter, Issue > #7 is available only to members; > but, if you would like it, I can send you my copy for free OFFLINE. > PLEASE REQUEST THIS OFFLINE; thank you very much. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Amma Bless, > amarnath > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Om Namah Sh ivaya, A past doctor of mine said that vegetarians usually consume plenty of protein, but often need to watch our intake of iron. Therefore, I try to have my iron levels checked annually. Sweta ckeniley2003 <ckeniley2003 wrote: Thank you for this Amarnath, it seems that every doctor and health therapist advises vegetarians to eat more meat protein, when the real advice should be to Be a better vegetarian: eat super high quality foods(vegies of all kinds, raw and cooked, beans and grains and fresh fresh fruits) and liquid fast every so often. the pizza, coke, sweet foods and coffee vegetarian will have problems no doubt. Ammachi , " amarnath " <anatol_zinc wrote: > > > (extract from " What's Cooking " a free monthly eNewsletter from Dr > Fuhrman, MD) > > (So many of Amma's devotees are having health problems; > hope this helps some, at least a little. ~ Amarnath) > > Many people are still tied to the myth that a diet needs to include > lots of animal products to ensure adequate amounts of protein and to > be nutritionally sound. All foods are made up of macronutrients: fat, > protein, and carbohydrate. Macronutrients contain calories; calories > supply us with energy. If people are overweight it is from consuming > more calories than their body needs. Changing the distribution of fat, > protein, and carbohydrates does not matter as much as changing > (reducing) the amount of macronutrients (calories) consumed. > > Protein deficiency is not a concern in the modern world. It is next to > impossible to consume too little protein. The commercially promoted > myth that high animal protein consumption is necessary for good health > is something we urgently need to dispel if we want to halt the heart > disease and cancer epidemic. Vegetables, grains, beans, nuts and seeds > are all rich sources of protein. > > In fact, there is a benefit to obtaining the vast majority of your > protein from plant foods. Increasing vegetable protein and decreasing > animal protein, along the lines of my Eat To Live plan, dramatically > reduces cholesterol. Plus, plant-based foods provide an abundance of > antioxidants and other cancer and heart disease fighting nutrients, > which are not found in animal products. > > So get the facts, there is plenty of protein in plant foods. Here is a > list of some foods showing the protein content as a percent of > calories. It might be surprising . . . > Food Percent Protein > Watercress 60% > Broccoli Raab 47% > Chinese cabbage (bok choy) 47% > Asparagus 34% > Boston Bibb lettuce 33% > Lentils 30% > Kidney beans 27% > Peas 27% > Great Northern beans 27% > Brussels Sprouts 24% > Oats 17% > Almonds 14% > Blackberries 12% > Apricots 10% > Cantaloupe 9% > Brown rice 9% > Cherimoya 8% > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > " What's Cooking, " ... one can sign up for a FREE e-Newsletter @ > http://www.drfuhrman.com/library/bulletin.aspx > Each Issues Contains > > * Dr. Fuhrman's Tip of the Month: > * Recipe of the Month: Tasty recipe ideas > * Monthly Menu: > * Testimonials: > * Food For Thought: answers to common questions regarding health. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For more about protein, the May 2003 Healthy Times Newsletter, Issue > #7 is available only to members; > but, if you would like it, I can send you my copy for free OFFLINE. > PLEASE REQUEST THIS OFFLINE; thank you very much. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Amma Bless, > amarnath > Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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