Protein

Protein is essential for the health and well being of the body. Protein is broken down into amino acids, the "building blocks" used in the immune system, the manufacture of certain hormones, the repair of cells and the building of muscle tissues (just to name a few). Protein also stabilizes blood sugar levels by requiring the pancreas to produce a hormone known as glucagon, which turns stored fat into usable energy. J As protein intake is brought to needed levels, the "taste for sweets" and tormenting desires for starch and carbohydrates disappears, as the physical need no longer exists.

People need to intake protein each day. Carbs and fats supply energy but protein is the only food that contains nitrogen to rebuild cells and tissues. Protein is composed of amino acids, eight of which cannot be manufactured in the body. They are called essential amino acids and must be supplied by the daily diet. Just as water needs vary based on body weight, so do protein needs. To determine your minimum daily protein need, divide your weight by 2. Most people need to intake this many grams of protein per day for optimum immunity, weight management, energy and tissue repair. For example, a 100# person would eat at least 50 grams daily. Very active people, including athletes, may need up to 1 gram per pound of muscle weight daily. For portion size, choose approximately a palm-sized portion per "meal," eating 3-6 "meals" of protein daily. This should be balanced with a fat or carbohydrate depending on the specific energy need (fat when you will not be physically active, carbohydrate before physical activity). For weight reduction , combine increased protein while maintaining small carbohydrate portions at meals (5-20 grams for a total daily intake of 30-80 grams). Please read the book "Protein Power" by Michael Eades for easy, healthy low-carb food choices.

To get maximum effect from protein, it must be digested. If one of the "4-Bs" (burping, bloating, burning, belching) is present during or after meals, use a digest-aid with meals to ensure complete digestion so you get the protein value out of food instead of just calories. Choose from the following sources, and for optimum results, choose "neutrals" or "beneficials" according to your blood type:

WHOLE GRAINS: Genesis 1:29 bread (4g / slice). Enjoy grains in bread, crackers, hot or cold cereals
Weight loss: Rye, Corn, Brown Rice or Millet. Weight gain: Wheat or Barley.

NUTS: Raw, not roasted. Gram count per ounce. Almonds (6g), Walnuts (4g), Brazil (4g) Pistachios (3-6g), Pecans (3g). Enjoy small quantities in salads, cereal or with fruit.

NUT BUTTERS: Peanut, Almond, Sesame (Tahini), Sunflower. Use only the butter which contain the nuts themselves, with no added hydrogenated fats. Natural nut butters also contain no preservatives, so they must be refrigerated after opening.

EGGS: As long as you do not harden the yolk, there is no need to worry about cholesterol. Enjoy over-easy, sunny side up, poached or boiled. (6g/large egg, 4g/white only)

CHEESES: Aged Cheeses ONLY as they are easier to digest such as Swiss, Munster, Brie, Cheddar or Mozzarella. NO American process type cheese or cheese spreads! (Hard cheese = 6-7 grams per ounce, Soft cheese = 3-4 grams per ounce.)

MEAT: Chicken Breast, Turkey Breast, Ground Turkey, Round Steak, Sirloin Steak, Lean Ground Beef, Buffalo, Ostrich, Deer. (7g per ounce)

SEAFOOD: Swordfish, Orange Roughy, Haddock, Salmon, Crab, Lobster. Tuna no more than once a week (mercury contamination). (7g per ounce)

TOFU: 10 grams of protein per ¼ cup.

MILK: Cottage cheese (7g per ¼ cup). For drinking, use fresh or organic whole milk only, preferably non-homogenized goat’s milk, although cow’s milk if tolerated.

YOGURT: Whole Milk yogurt - sugar-free - no artificial sweeteners. Plain or with fruit or nuts. NO so-called “low-fat” yogurts. Whole milk yogurts provide the sustained energy you desire and low-fat yogurts cannot. Try MAYA, BROWN COW, STONYFIELD or MOUNTAIN HIGH health food store brands. Kefir drinkable yogurt is also available.

POWDERS: 1-3 servings per “meal” in juice, milk or water. (Protein gram count is per serving.) Natures Sunshines Nutri-Burn (30g), Synerprotein (20g), Ultimate Green Zone (12g) Healthy Blast (15g); Mothersoy’s Essential Protein (16g); Kashi’s Go-Lean Shake

SUPPLEMENTS: Nature’s Sunshine Products: Bee Pollen, Spirulina (6g per cap), Super Algae (8g per cap), Free Amino Acids (9g per tablet). Pure Herbs Ltd Extracts: Bee Pollen, Five-Good, Protein / 40-80 drops per meal.

SPIRITUAL: “…his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one to another, hath any man brought him ought to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:”
(John 4:31-36 & John 6:27 & 1 Pet 2:21 KJV)

To get maximum effect from protein, it must be digested. Therefore, if any of the 4 B’s (burping, bloating, burning or belching) are present during or after the meal, use a digestaid with each meal to ensure complete digestion and so you get the protein value out of your food instead of just calories. (*) = products especially helpful for protein digestion. Use one or more of the following at meals:

Nature’s Sunshine: Bowel Detox, Dandelion, Digestive Bitters, Food Enzymes*, PDA*, Proactazyme*, Protease Plus*, Safflowers, Small Intestine Detox

Pure Herbs: Dandelion Root, D-W*, Gentian*, Ginger, Papaya Mints, Sweet Root