Meat and Depression
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Alkaline Diet Chart
Here is a question we got from somone watching our YouTube video -Alkaline Diet Chart
Q. - Jeff, I downloaded your chart. I’m suffering big time with GERD. I just got off prilosec after 15 years. I’m 38 and I feel like I’m 90 years old. the biggest problem is my addiction to cigarettes and nicotine. Now one thing I want to ask. Where do you get protein on this diet?
I tried raw for a while, well mostly raw and I lacked protein and I slipped into a major depression.
Protein > amino acids > seratonin > good mood
So I want to start this again and get off sugar first, then cigarettes. What do you suggest regarding the protein. I heard that mushrooms have a lot of protein, but that’s just what I heard, not what I know.
Any help is appreciated.
A. I can see why you slipped into depression. It’s not wise to completely eliminate meat from your diet. You are not the first person to suffer from negative consequences, by going on a vegetarian diet. Meat has a lot of health benefits besides just being a great source of protein. For one thing, there is not a good plant source of vitamin B12. Flesh foods are a good source. It is also difficult for some types of people to keep a balanced blood sugar without meat. Their bodies just run better on the mix of fuel provided by the fat and protein found in animal foods.
The dey here as always is balance. Generally you want to eat a lot more vegatbles and fruits than you would meat. Load up the diet with 50-80% raw, organic vegetables. Then tack on a lesser amount of meat, beans, nuts, eggs. Some cooked vegetables are ok too.
Another important point is the quality of the protien source. Grass fed, organic beef is vastly differnet than supermarket hamburger. I get some great stuff from my local farmer’s market. Check out the health food store. Stay far away from most proccessed foods, like hot dogs, lunch meat and so on.
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My question is, do I have to become a vegetarian to alkaline my body?
Reader Comments
Hello,
I have Osteoporosis (will not use prescription meds) and I have Osteo-Arthritis.
I do not smoke, do not drink, do not drink soda, do not exercises as offen as I should, do not eat junk or package food etc, but I do eat some things that have sugar.In my green tea use a little raw sugar with a little lemon.or if I’m having a party I eat desserts.
Also I take allot of vitimins..
I noticed you did not answer this persons question about the protien in mushrooms? I use Crimmi muchrooms in just about everything cook.Are they healthy, if so why?
I’m Not a vegatarian.
I think you mention someplace that Walnuts are Acid! I eat allot of raw nuts and one of them is Walnuts.Which has allot of omgega 3 in it.
I did buy two books: *The ph Miracle, and *The Acid Alkaline Food Guide.
I have not had a chance to read them yet!
I also bought test strips.Keep forgetting to use them in the morning!
I do not want to do a Detox.
Would this diet help my Arthritis, and Osteoporosis?
Thank You,
Take Care,
C.
Okay,
Everyone has an opinion!. I disagree with several statements lacking a balanced viewpoint. First of all there is an incredible imbalance existing when people criticize vegetarianism, it is not simply “giving up” meat, it is gaining a much, much wider range of plant foods than ever consumed before. It also involves a greater understanding and compassion for the animals themselves and how they lived and died. Also, that when they are “slaughtered” their fear/anger energetically manifests in their flesh, then we consume it, many believe a “war” mentality persists. How many meat eaters could slaughter a live animal, their ‘meat’ if they had to?.
I have been a healthy vegetarian and sometime vegan for 22 years and I have also been 100% raw for months at a time. It IS possible to be a healthy person who “gives up meat”. There are many professional people and athletes who are vegan and vegetarian; over 5% of the U.S. Population are committed vegetarians or vegans. Your statements lack substance!.
It is also possible to be a healthy meat-eater if you do concentrate on lots of fresh vegetables and fruits.
Just remember, overconsumption of animal protien can result in the loss of head hair in many men….!!!!.
The gentleman who went “raw” and “gave up meat” was clearly going through detoxification/withdrawl of some kind, and the depression/negative emotions were a part of that. Going from a SAD diet directly to raw can create all kinds of detoxification and reactions happening, emotional as well as physical. Someone who relies on caffeine and tobacco as stimulants may have emotional baggage and even hidden depression to deal with, otherwise why the need for constant stimulation? The “detox’ simply magnified this, that was being masked and hidden by the stimulants.
Also, “raw” means a lot of things…the diet could have been severely imbalanced lacking many nutrients. What specifically was he eating???.
The bottom line is, it IS POSSIBLE to be healthy on a meat-eating, or, vegetarian, or, even a raw diet. Its all based on what balance of nutrients you are digesting and assimilating. Conversely, it is ALSO POSSIBLE to be a meat eater, a vegetarian, or a Raw foodist and consume an UNHEALTHY diet.
Thanks for listening, rachel
Hi jeff I have a problem. Ever since I have stopped eating slot of meat I have been having lots of migraines. I assumed the migraines was because of the hormones on the meat I ate or an imbalance of protein and my blood sugar. I exercise and eat plenty of fruits and vegetables yet I still get pounding headaches migrainesvdo you think its because I have less protein from less meat or a sugar imbalace.
Wondering how you interpret information about animal protein and fats that T.Colin Cambell presents in “The China Study” and Joel Furhman in “Eat To Live”…?….and what this means to the health of the American people…?