Growing Young: Connecting to the Fountain of YouthGet back to realizing the essential necessity of our existence - the one vital aspect that sustains humanity. Food.

Cara Hoyler|@chocki808

Know the TRUTHbehind how we live and what we eat.

Living with few possessions, less space, and with a healthier mind, body and soul we can influence humanity much more than we think.

the detriments of over-processed, chemically-enriched, and genetically-altered fake foods.

Many of us do not want to hear this, but the best way to grow young is to stop eating meat. It’s not succumbing to a hippie, new-age thought, it’s just simply

reducing your intake of meat and then stopping all together.

Real food is out there and it isTHE FOUNTAIN OF

YOUTH

There are many myths about going vegetarian:

• low energy• not enough

protein• decreased

athletic performance

If you know and understand food and how to live closer to nature, you can disprove these myths.

Embracing a vegetarian diet is a direct path to growing young.

THE PROTEIN MYTH

Eating whole foods is the best way to gain nutritional value and a balanced diet because they are as close to their natural forms as possible, and vegetarianism is the closest means to eating whole foods.

The best source of protein comes from the amino acids in living plants.

WHOLE FOODS

Amino acids contain important compounds such as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen that cannot be created naturally within the human body and must be obtained through our food sources.

By eating whole foods we are taking the most direct path to

OBTAINING NUTRITION

Meat protein = indirect path to nutrition Plant protein = direct path to nutrition.

Our bodies can bypass the many necessary steps in breaking down protein into usable amino acids which it cannot bypass when we eat meat. When we eat meat we have to use unnecessary energy to break down protein to get to the amino acids found within certain meats that our bodies can actually use. In eating a plant-based diet we are directly and efficiently ingesting the right proteins our bodies need without using unnecessary energy.

The best way to synthesize the essential amino acids that we cannot produce is to

EAT THESE FOODS RAW

Wild RiceHemp Seeds

Wild RiceHemp Seeds

Wild RiceHemp Seeds

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Cara Hoyler|@chocki808

Vegetarian References for beginners and novices alike:Better NutritionMy Yoga Online: Healthy LivingVegetarian Times

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