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The Definitive Guide to Collagen

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For decades, the health community had written off collagen as a “useless” protein. It wasn’t essential, in that it contained no amino acids you couldn’t make yourself. It didn’t contribute directly to muscle protein synthesis, so the bodybuilders weren’t interested. In all my years running marathons and then competing in triathlon at an elite level, no one talked about collagen. It was completely ignored, especially after the rash of collagen-based “liquid diets” ended up with a lot of people dead or in the hospital. 1 But you know my bias is to look at things from the perspective of human evolution and ancestral environments. And there is a ton of collagen on your average land animal. Close to half the weight of a cow is “other stuff”—bones, skin, tendons, cartilage, and other collagenous material. Most meat eaters these days might be throwing that stuff away, if they even encounter it, but humans for hundreds of thousands of years ate every last bit of that animal. Even as recent

Introducing Truvani’s Plant Based Omega Supplement! (It’s vegan and carrageenan-free)

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I have great news for you today: Truvani’s Plant Based Omega is finally available! This new supplement can help support brain health, heart health, and overall wellness within your body. There are over 30,000 studies supporting the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids in the diet. But, when we set out to develop our omega supplement, we faced a few obstacles. We wanted to create a product that: Uses organic ingredients when they are available Is void of any toxins whenever possible Avoids any unnecessary ingredients or additives You’d think this is easy to accomplish, but it’s not. This product wasn’t easy to make. And it almost didn’t happen. You see, when we started developing our omega supplement last year, we ran into big problems. The biggest problem was… Even though you can’t certify plant-based omega supplements as organic, some organic supplements use sunflower oil to help deliver nutrients and keep the product stable. Sunflower oil can be organic, and for some rea

What We’ve Been Eating

^^Not your typical Downtown Mall on a warm spring night 🙁 And this is definitely not how Thomas would normally dress for a date. Zocalo x2 We strolled downtown with Birchie to pick up Zocalo for dinner. Yep, we HAD to do it again! The two-for-$25-with-a-side deal is too good to not do twice. And... The post What We’ve Been Eating appeared first on Kath Eats Real Food . from Kath Eats Real Food https://ift.tt/2YYMKSw