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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food. ...Hippocrates
Researchers in Canada are reporting that proteins found in a common garden pea show promise as a natural food additive or new dietary supplement for fighting high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Food allergens belong to a variety of protein families. The presence, content and variety of allergens differs among different foods. Below is a list of known allergenic proteins in plant food types, including cereals, fruits, vegetables, and nuts.
To lower the accumulation of protein waste products in the body or as part of low protein diet for other purposes, raw vegetables and fruits are good sources of low protein alternatives. Here is a list of low protein foods and their content.
Proteins play a key role in our bodies. They make up about 15% of the average person’s body weight. Proteins also perform crucial activities within all the cells of your body. They move molecules from one place to another, build structures, break down toxins and do countless other maintenance jobs.
Snail is high in health benefiting essential fatty acids such as linoleic acids and linolenic acids. A study on a snail species in Brazil estimated that 75% of the fat in snail is unsaturated fatty acids.
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- Protein Content of Food: Vegetables and Fruits
- High Protein Diet and Its Role in Weight Loss
- Why High Protein Diet Helps in Weight Loss
- List of Food Sources High in Protein
- Animal and Vegetable Protein Sources and Content
- Protein: Health Benefits, Deficiency, Sources of Protein.
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