Protein Versus Amino Acids

The human body uses amino acids in protein not dietary protein to make over 20,000 unique proteins.

In this video:

• What is protein? 00:44
• Protein and amino acids. 1:30
• How much protein do you need? 2:53
• Health risks of too much protein. 5:56
• Animal versus plant protein. 7:39
• Food, supplements, & essential amino acids. 8:39

Five Easy Ways To Cook Eggs

Eggs are a good source of high quality, affordable, protein. About 13 grams (20% of the daily value) for two large eggs. While people with high cholesterol should avoid or limit egg consumption, most healthy people can eat eggs without increasing blood cholesterol levels. And, you do not need cooking experience for these five easy recipes; hard/soft boiled, fried, poached, and scrambled.

In This video:

• Eggs are not just for breakfast. 00:35
• Egg nutrition. 1:02
• Eggs and cholesterol. 2:01
• Eggs and salmonella. 2:51
• Five easy ways to cook eggs. 3:56
• Hard boiled (cooked) 4:08
• Soft boiled (cooked) 7:25
• Fried 8:46
• Scrambled 9:49
• Poached 11:18

Is Your Diet Nutrient Deficient?

Essential nutrients must come from your diet because your body cannot make them. Essential nutrients include fat, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals.

Many diets are nutrient deficient emphasizing some essential nutrients and not others. Nutrient deficient diets require supplemental nutrients.

This video shares how to verify your diet provides all essential nutrients your body needs before resorting to dietary supplements.

In this video:

• Essential nutrients & nutrient deficiencies. 00:32
• Symptoms and tests:
• Fat deficiency 3:14
• Protein deficiency 4:46
• Carbohydrate deficiency 6:47
• Mineral deficiency 8:42
• Vitamin deficiency 11:37
• Home testing and self-help risks. 13:10

Fast Metabolism And Weight Loss

Your metabolism works 24 hours a day to keep you alive but, does a fast or slow metabolism affect your weight and weight loss? A fast or slow metabolism has more to do your level of activity that your diet. Most people can to increase their metabolism without dietary supplement and fad diets. And, no supplement or diet will significantly effect weight gain caused by your genes, hormones, and medications.

In this video:

• What is metabolism? 00:44
• Sources of dietary energy. 2:29
• How your body burns calories. 3:23
• Metabolism and breaking your fast. 5:51
• 700 calorie meals. 7:31
• Excess calories and body fat. 10:30

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

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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