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„PAN METRON ARISTON“=„MODERATION IS BEST“         (ancient greek)

HUMANS CAN NOT BE SEEN AS „MEAT-EATERS“ FOR EXAMPLE, A LION  HAS A  DIGESTIVE TRACT THAT IS MUCH LONGER.  AS FOR  A LION, WE SHOULD BE SEEN AS „ALMOST ALL EATERS“. OF COURSE, WE COULD SURVIVE WITH ONLY EATING PLANT-BASED BUT IF YOU ASKED ME, NO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WOULD EAT „ONLY“ PLANT-BASED ON FREE WILL. IT WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE ENERGY  TO GATHER ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANTS TO GET ALL THE NECESSARY NUTRIENTS FOR A WHOLE TRIBE ON DAILY BASIS. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE A  COMMITMENT FOR THEIR RESOURCES, NO MATTER WHAT IF IT IS AN ANIMAL OR PLANT, THEY SHOULD ONLY TAKE FROM NATURE, AS MUCH AS NEEDED. AND HERE COMES THE POINT. IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION WE HAVE LEARNED TO GET  WHAT IS AVAILABLE EVERYDAY.  OUR GREED FOR-PROFIT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE FRESH MEAT AVAILABLE DAILY. FOR GROWING ANIMALS ON FARMS  THERE ARE COST HUGE FOR GRAINS AND WATER UNTIL IT LANDS ON OUR DISH AT HOME. SO FOR SATISFYING DAILY APPETITE FOR MEAT, LARGE AREAS OF FORREST HAVE TO BE CUT DOWN TO AGRICULTURE. THESE BIG AMOUNTS OF MONOCULTURE PLANTATIONS CAUSING SOIL EROSION, DESOLATION AND DESSERT-LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES, BRINGING OUR ECOLOGY MORE OUT OF BALANCE. ENORMOUS HEAT CAN BE THE RESULT IN THOSE AREAS IN THE FUTURE. FOR EXAMPLE IN AUSTRALIA YOU ARE WITNESSING   WHAT HEAT CAN CAUSE TO A CONTINENT. BUT IF YOU THINK, ONLY THE MEAT INDUSTRY IS CAUSING MONOCULTURE PLANTATIONS YOU ARE WRONG.

Grain agriculture plantation to feed animals

VEGANISM

THE VEGAN-HYPE AROUND THE WORLD WANTS VEGAN PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON DAILY BASIS FOR EVERYONE. IN SOUTH AMERICA HUGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN FORREST ARE CUT DOWN TO PRODUCE  AVOCADO OR COCONUT OIL FOR YOUR VEGAN DIET. ANOTHER POINT IS THE WILD ANIMALS POPULATION LIKE WILD PIGS IN EUROPE`S FORREST. THEIR POPULATION GROWS SO FAST BECAUSE, OF ENOUGH FOOD IN NEARBY VILLAGES AND CITIES, THIER IS  DAMAGE TO THE FORREST THAT BECOMES MORE ABUNDANT. THESE ANIMALS HAVE TO BE SHOT SO THERE IS  BALANCE FOR NATURE. LET`S LOOK ON THE EFFECTS OF MEAT AND PLANT-BASED PROTEINS ONTO THE HUMAN BODY.

Avocado monoculture plantation to make them available around the world on daily basis.

EFFECTS OF TOO MUCH MEAT BASED PROTEIN ON BODY

IF THE AMOUNT OF ANIMAL PROTEIN INTAKE RISES TO 10% about THE MAXIMUM DAILY AMOUNT OF CALORIES, THE RISK OF DEATH RISES FOR 2% AND THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE UP TO 8%   (WITHOUT THE RISKS OF SMOKING, OVERWEIGHT, ALCOHOL CONSUM AND EXERCISING

TOO MUCH MEAT CONSUMPTION RAISES CHOLESTEROL AND FAT IN BLOOD WHAT COULD CAUSE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS IN HIGHER AGE

HIGHER HORMONE INDEX IN MEAT IF NOT FROM BIOLOGICAL FARM (SEXUAL HORMONES)

THE ACID-BASE BALANCE GET’S OUT OF BALANCE IN FAVOUR OF ACIDS

PRO MEAT:

THE AMINO ACIC PROFIL OF MEAT BASED PROTEIN HAS SIMILAR STRUCTURE TO HUMAN BODY PROTEINS AND CAN BE BUILD UP MORE EFFICIENT INTO HUMAN BODY STRUCTURES
HIGHER BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF MEAT BASED PROTEIN (MEANS THAT MORE ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS ARE GATHERED IN MEAT WHILE ON PLANT-BASED DIET YOU HAVE TO MIX THE FOOD WELL TO HAVE THE SAME HIGH INDEX

EFFECTS OF PLANT-BASED PROTEIN ON BODY

PRO PLANTS:

- PLANT-BASED PROTEINS ARE RICHER IN TRACE ELEMENTS AND NUTRIENTS

- COMBINING DIFFERENT PLANT PROTEINS FROM RICE, BEANS, AND PEAS YOU CAN GET ALL NECESSARY AMINO ACIDS WHICH ARE STORED IN MEAT

- HEMP SEEDS FOR EXAMPLE CONTAIN B-VITAMINS WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFICULT FOUND IN PLANT-BASED DIET

- PLANT-BASED PROTEIN HAS LESS SULPHOROUS AMINO ACIDS AND DOES NOT BRING THE ACID-BASE HOUSEHOLD OUT OF BALANCE

- PEA PROTEIN, FOR EXAMPLE, IS HIGH ON ANTIOXIDANTS AND IS ANTIBACTERIAL

- BLOOD VESSELS WIDEN THROUGH PLANT-BASED DIET AND MORE OXYGEN CAN BE TRANSPORTED AROUND THE BLOOD SYSTEM

HIGH-PERFORMANCE ATHLETES SHOULD STICK TO A PLANT-BASED DIET BUT COULD INTEGRATE FROM TIME TO TIME WITH A PORTION OF WHITE MEAT OR FISH (NOT DURING TOURNAMENTS BUT AS A REWARD AFTER A GOOD RESULT AND ON SPECIAL DAYS LIKE CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING)

IT DEPENDS ALSO ON WHAT KIND OF ATHLETE YOU ARE. IN TENNIS MOST OF THE POINTS ARE WON WITHIN 0-4 SHOTS WHICH IS COVERED BY ATP (ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE/ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION/UP TO 8 sec.)

A 400 M SPRINTER OR A SWIMMER DEPEND SO MUCH MORE ON HIGH OXYGEN SATURATION OF HEMOGLOBIN TO ACHIEVE A MILLISECOND BETTER TIME IN THE RACE.

MY FINAL OUTCOME

MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO EAT MEAT AND FISH ONLY ONCE A WEEK AND TO ELIMINATE DAIRY ALL TOGETHER. I WOULD CONSIDER A PLANT-BASED DIET 75-80% AND MEAT BASED PROTEIN NOT MORE THAN 20%.

OF COURSE, WHEN BEING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE ATHLETE IT CAN BE TURNED ALSO INTO 100% PLANT-BASED BUT THIS IS UP TO EVERY ATHLETE HIMSELF. CHECK BOTH OUT AND SEE WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU (OF COURSE EXAMINE YOUR BODY AFTER BOTH DIETS IN TRAINING AND MATCH PHASES TO SEE HOW YOU RECOVER BETTER).

FOR „NORMAL PEOPLE“ YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL IF YOU EAT SOME MEAT FROM TIME TO TIME. AS TIME GOES ON AND YOU BECOME OLDER IT IS RECOMMENDED TO TRANSFER TO A MORE PLANT-BASED DIET TO NOT ONLY BETTER YOURSELF BUT ALSO THE PLANET.

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