30 High Protein Plant Foods




Protein is an essential nutrient to maintain muscles and for 100s of proteins throughout the body. Food protein is not used directly. Proteins are made of amino acids. Nine amino acids must come from food.

Meat, diary, poultry and fish are high in essential amino acids. Vegans and vegetarians obtain essential amino acids from plant foods. A plant based diet can also supply all essential amino acids.

This video highlights  30 common plant foods providing 2 to 17 grams of protein per 100 gram (3.5 oz) serving. The serving size for nuts and seeds is 28 g (1 oz) due to there high fat and calorie content.

In this video:

• Protein and essential amino acids. 00:40
• The incomplete protein myth. 1:21
• Plant protein versus animal protein. 2:24
• The supplemental protein myth. 3:44
• 30 high protein plant foods. 5:14

Patented Dietary Supplements Facts & Myths




Dietary supplements in the U.S. are virtually unregulated. Supplement manufactures use a variety of marketing tricks to promote supplements and supplement ingredient quality, potency, and efficacy. One marketing trick is including patents in packaging and promotions. Patents do not guarantee quality, potency, and efficacy. A patent gives the patent holder the exclusive eight to make and sell and product.

In this video:

• What is a dietary supplement? 00:38
• What is a patent? 1:28
• Patented dietary supplements. 2:22
• Patented ingredients. 3:26
• Clinical proven versus patents. 4:03

Marketing Tricks: Dietary Supplement – Help or Hype

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With the exception of vitamin and mineral supplements, most heavily marketed dietary supplements have no proven health benefits beyond the placebo effect.

In this video.

• What are dietary supplements? 00:43
• An unregulated U.S. industry. 1:43
• Support versus prevention or cure. 2:22
• Using meaningless terms and labels. 3:58
• Diet and lifestyle versus dietary supplements. 7:48

Related Video

Differences Between Carb, Fat And Protein Calories




Food calories are not equal. Each has specific functions. This video shares the functions and differences between carbohydrate, fat, and protein food calories.

In this video:

• What is a calorie? 00:46
• Sources of food calories. 1:24
• How your body uses carbohydrates. 2:24
• How your body uses protein. 7:11
• How your body uses fat. 8:39
• Are fat calories superior to carb calories? 10:35
• Listen to YOUR body not celebrity fad diet hype. 11:36

Complete Protein




For decades, we have been told meat and dairy protein is complete, and vegetables protein is incomplete. That vegetarians, especially vegans, must eat a combination of foods at each meal to obtain compete protein. By complete, they mean provides all 9 essential amino acids. Our bodies do not use protein directly. Protein is needed to supple amino acids the body cannot make.

As it turns out ALL proteins are complete, but some foods provide more essential amino acids than others.

This video shares:

• What is protein?
• Why is protein important?
• Protein & amino acids.
• Complete vs. incomplete protein.
• Animal vs. plant protein.
• How much protein do you need?
• Risks of too much protein.

Protein Powders




Many Americans eat a high protein diet. A diet provide more protein than their bodies need. The past few years has seen explosion of highly processed protein products; bars, shakes, and powders.

Some protein powders have been found to contain high levels of toxins had increase health risks when consumed on a daily bases.

This video shares some of the risks and benefits of adding protein powders to your diet.

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