Healthy with Jodi

Plant Protein, Amino Acids, Macronutrients & Antioxidants…what does it all mean?

    *How do we use food as medicine so we can fuel the body, heal and repair?
    Basic Weight management Strategies and Lifestyle Strategies
    1-Adequate ATP
    2-Nutrient Density-Organic Foods. **A MUST!!!**
    3-Balance-60-80% Alkalizing (pH Balance)
    4-Moderation-Limited Refined Sugar
    5-Calorie Control=Calorie Restriction
    6-Variety= Seasonal Eating VS Emotional Eating
    Refer to www.healthywithjodi.com for my Sweet 16 Eating Healthy Guidelines and how to achieve balance.

    Muscle building with Plant Protein
    *How do you support a body on a plant based diet without eating meat?

    Earth is the ultimate prism. Every green plant captures a different wavelength of light and energy from the sun. A collection of juices from sea plants, field grasses and garden vegetables will alkalize your body, build up your blood, and cleanse your cells.

    What is a Carbohydrate? Fruit, vegetable, starch, grain, pasta
    What is a Protein? Animal meat, dairy
    What is a Fat? Nut, seed or oil

    How Much do we need daily? Age/Gender/Health History
    Carbs: Weight loss must be under 50g a day, aim for no more than 30g of carbs at a meal and 8g of sugars within those carbs. Think higher fiber foods.
    Protein: 1g per 1kg body weight (think about half your body weight)
    Fat: 25-30% daily calories can come from the pure sources of healthy fats.

    ***Ratios are different for everyone and Should be evaluated by a Certified Health Professional or Holistic Professional based on your health history.***

    What are Amino Acids? What do they do?
    Assists with the stabilization or recovery of muscle strength, endurance, and volume
    Helps keep body tissues firm
    Helps minimize body fat
    May support a weight loss regimen
    Aid in normalizing protein synthesis

    If the essential amino acids are not present in the daily diet the body will break down existing proteins in order to supply the body with the missing amino acids.

    Essential Amino Acids:
    Cannot be produced in our body and thus must be consumed in our diets. The essential amino acids humans cannot synthesize are:
    Phenylalanine, valine, threonine, tryptophan, methionine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, and histidine. (Arginine is mostly required in young children and not as important as adults)

    Non-Essential Amino Acids: These can be synthesized by the body.
    Proteins drive ALL functions of the various organs of the human body.
    Alanine (from pyruvic acid)
    Arginine (from glutamic acid)
    Asparagine (from aspartic acid)
    Aspartic Acid (from oxaloacetic acid)
    Cysteine
    Glutamic Acid (from oxoglutaric acid)
    Glutamine (from glutamic acid)
    Glycine (from serine and threonine)
    Proline (from glutamic acid)
    Serine (from glucose)
    Tyrosine (from phenylalanine)

    If you fail to obtain even just one out of the essential amino acids, your body’s proteins so not complete and the body is forced to steal from bones and elsewhere to create metabolic processes in your body. Also, unlike fats and carbohydrates, your body does not store excess supplies of amino acids for later use – you need a regular supply of them everyday.

    Foods with amino acids include animal and vegetable sources. Most of the animal sources such as meat, eggs and milk are considered to be “complete protein sources” meaning that these contain all the essential amino acids that your body needs.
    Vegetables are also good amino acid food sources but most of them do not usually contain all essential aminos.

    Amino Acid Deficiency and Supplementation
    Many people who are sick, fatigued, or trying weight loss programs, vegetarians or Vegans consume insufficient amounts of protein. Thus, supplementation of amino acids has been increasingly necessary. B6 and B12 are the most common of deficiencies when not consuming animal protein.

    Non Meat Forms of Amino Acids: Think SEA LIFE!
    *How can I combat muscle fatigue or just plain being tired all the time?
    More GREEN foods create energy in the body! How do plants grow? They need sun, water, rest, minerals and vitamins, and time.

    Antioxidant Rich foods: EAT FROM THE RAINBOW!
    RED: Lycopene
    YELLOW/ORANGE: Beta Carotene & Beta Crytoxanthin
    BLUE/PURPLE: Anthocyanins
    GREEN: Chlorophyll

    GREEN FOOD BASICS:
    *Green foods have a high content of chlorophyll due to porphyrin rings.
    * Chlorophyll and heme units of red blood cells are virtually identical except the center molecule
    * Chlorophyll-magnesium
    * Heme-Iron
    * Heme units are the building blocks for red blood cells
    * Therefore, all green foods help the body to create new blood.