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Eating For Energy Review

Yuri Elkaim: Eating For Energy – Review.

The guy behind this eBook and diet, Yuri Elkaim, presents highly controversial Holistic Nutritional truths that you’ll never hear from your doctor, dietist or anyone in the medical industry for that matter.

I know you’re here on this page, because you’re interested in knowing more about hemp protein powder, oil and seeds. But I think it’s safe to say that you and I both share the same interests;

We want to (still) be able to run around climbing mountains, running marathons, dancing, playing tennis and NOT looking like the mummy at the age of 95, right?

We do not want to live just another plain ordinary pre-destined lifecycle, where our bodies peak at the age of 28. Then soon after our health starts dramatically decreasing followed by chronic disceases and illnesses that limits our possibilities for having fun, keeping us from being that person we really want to be.

Of course I may be exaggerating a bit, but you get my point right? We should have that choice ourselves. It should be up to you. That’s freedom.

Hemp protein powder, even though it comes from the small ‘miracle’ seeds, just won’t change a darn thing in itself, IF you don’t have a healthy lifestyle – far from. It’s a great supplement. One of the best there is, but nothing beats exercise, sleep, the right mindset and the right foods. Nothing can replace that – only strengthen it.

Eating For Energy Review

As you know obesity is a huge problem in especially North America these days. Actually it gets worse and worse.

We know this is related to the unhealthy lifestyles many people have adopted, and especially the foods they’re ingesting. The problem is that there’s just so much conflicting information on the market, usually tainted by self-serving advertisers. That makes it quite a challenge to choose the right diet. A diet that is truly beneficial to our health and well-being.

Yuri Elkaim’s ‘Eating For Energy’ provides some encouraging information about a ‘back to basics’ approach to eating and staying healthy. It really could save your life.

Yuri Elkaim, being that highly competive athlete that he is, once found that his diet, which he thought was very healthy (high in fruits, vegetables, fiber and protein) actually did not provide his body with the amount of energy he expected. As a result of his studies in Holistic Nutrition he discovered a new way of viewing how the human body processes food to energy.

As a fitness coach and nutrition expert, he soon developed a diet. It was based on pure whole foods which eliminates many of the toxins that are so detrimental to our health.

In Eating For Energy you’re presented with quite a bit of Yuri’s scientific research. He will explain to you in a language you’ll be able to understand, just exactly how the different foods interacts with your body. He breaks it all down into the smallest particles, revealing how some foods are severely altered (losing most, if not all, its nutritional value) as they are getting processed by you in the kitchen or from the manufacturers.

Personally I think Yuri’s explanation of things are pure logic. To me at least it makes perfectly sense. He explains why, some people who think they know it all about nutrition and health, and considers themselves to be living and eating the right way, still is plagued by health concerns and excess body fat. He also explains why some people who seems to be physically fit, might actually be moving in dangerous grounds.

In Eating For Energy there’s a section especially for athletes who may need a higher than normal calorie intake. There’s also a 12-week meal plan, which is aimed at the transition into a diet based on whole foods. And finally there’s a recipes section showing you how to make all the dishes included in this book.

It’s obvious that Yuri is very passionate about Eating For Energy, and he has written this book very thoroughly, leaving the reader with all the information he needs for embarking on this new lifestyle.

If I have to find one negative thing to say about the book, it might be that some of the foods and supplements mentioned in this book may not be available in your local shopping mall. What makes many of these ingredients hard to find is that they have to be unprocessed and organic. That’s why you need to add a stop to your shopping rutine. You’ll need to pay a visit to your local health food store, and if possible visit a nearby farmers market.. If that’s not possible they should have the vegetables and fruits in the high cost grocers anyway.

Eating For Energy certainly is an impressive nutritional book and Yuri Elkaim is a great teacher. You don’t necessarily have to follow the meal plan step by step, since even adopting parts of his plan would be beneficial to you.

Top 5 Health Benefits Of Hemp Protein Powder

In this blog post, let’s examine the top 5 health benefits of hemp protein powder. By now you might have already heard a lot of fancy things being said about hemp protein, but perhaps you still believe it’s only meant for vegans and vegetarians to ingest, am I right? Naturally you are still a little skeptical and still not fully convinced yet?

If you swear to soy or whey protein powder and thinks those are the best two protein powder supplements, well.. I’m sorry I have to break it to you, but you’re wrong!

Let me summarize this up and give you the top 5 hemp protein benefits.

1. Every farmers dream makes it YOURS too!
2. Hemp actively helps fight chronic disceases
3. Whole food – VERY nutritious
4. Most effective!
5. Strip that belly fat

Hemp protein powder benefits explained..

Benefit #1: Every Farmers Dream Makes It YOURS Too!

Hemp protein is 100% pure, it comes directly from nature and is not grown using any herbi- or pesticides. It’s simply not necessary to grow hemp, because hemp is a weed which takes care of itself. It’s every farmers dream really. Those who know about it anyway, and who doesn’t live within the U.S (production of hemp is prohibited in the States, but importing it isn’t!). As a side note I should mention soy and whey protein is rarely organic – especially soy. The crops are usually heavily intoxicated with pesticides and when soy is produced, it gets processed with Hexane, which is a petroleum based solvent.

Benefit #2: Hemp Actively Helps Fight Chronic Disceases

Hemp protein powder and other hemp products possesses high amounts of good quality fats, and it is also one of the few food sources which contain GLA – we need these nutrients in order to maintain a healthy cellular growth. Health and discease .. what it all really comes down to is how our cells develop, so this is key!

Some of the disceases hemp protects you from are;

• Specific types of cancers
• Sudden Cardiac deaths
• Under developed infants
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Atherosclerosis
• Atopic Dermatitis and other skin disceases

Benefit #3: Whole Food – VERY Nutritious

A third benefit of hemp protein is that it has all the essential amino acids, which is also why it is regarded as a complete protein like diary, eggs and meat. Actually hemp protein has an edge over those 3 sources of protein, since it only contains the essential nutrients, which our bodies can utilize to it’s fullest. It doesn’t contain any anti-nutrients. In nutritional value, fish and flax comes in second trailing just behind hemp.

Benefit #4: Most Effective!

Hemp protein consists primarily of the two proteins, edestine and albumin – those are globular (blood) proteins, which is readily digestible proteins. I’ll not go into great detail in this blog post, but blood proteins is really the most efficient protein, which has direct access to enter the muscles fast! Unlike whey, where large amounts is stored as fat, and just lies dorment in the stomach, eventually developing those ugle love handles! (Read more details about the hemp protein globulins here!)

Benefit #5: Strip That Belly Fat

Well I sort of already answered this  question, but hemp contains plenty of the healthy fatty acids, known as the EFA (Essential Fatty Acids) and omega 3-6-9. Most seeds contains large amounts of LA (Linolic Acid), which is from the omega 6 family, but ALA which comes from the omega-3 family is typically a little harder to get from a normal diet. The ratio between omega-3 and 6 should be 1/3, but a typical modern day diet has a ratio more like 1/10 – we need to get more omega 3! Luckly hemp protein has the optimal balance of these fats, but it also contains one of the rarest poly unsaturated fats GLA  (Gammalinolenic Acid) an SDA (Stearidonic Acid) which is normally produced by our own bodies from LA and ALA, but only in very small amounts. For more information about the EFA’s found in hemp seeds, I recommend you check out this article on hemp oil.

Why am I telling you all this? Because these fats not only fights disceases – they also helps you BURN fat!! Hemp protein powder also has high amounts of dietary fiber, which ensures that you don’t feel hungry and over eats all the time. Read more about hemp protein nutritional facts here.

Hemp Protein vs Whey Protein

Hemp protein vs whey protein powder – which supplement is the best?

This question has been raised and discussed many times in especially the health, vegetarian, and bodybuilding forums all across the internet. Unfortunately it has also been surrounded by mystery, misinformation, subjective opinions and fictitious rumours.

Who To Believe?

Some ‘experts’ representing the dairy industry, claim that whey protein is the best quality protein, and some vegetarians (obviously representing the direct opposite group) claims that plant protein and especially hemp protein is the most effective and healthy protein. This post will not go into great detail about the quality of these proteins itself (read in-depth info about hemp protein and a comparison here). For now I’ll focus more on the advantages and disadvantages of each protein powder supplement – hemp vs whey.

Are you confused? I know I was 5 years ago. Who should you believe? Let me tell you something important..

The Big Question

We’re constantly told that whey protein powder works, it’s the most widely known protein powder supplement, and you definitely do see relatively quick results from drinking it (combined with a healthy diet of course). So why on earth should you even consider hemp protein powder as an alternative to whey protein powder?

Hopefully, by the time you reach the end of this article, you’ll know ALL the answers to this question (and yes, there are several good reasons!).

Popularity Of Whey Protein: Marketing, Tempting Design, Colors And Flavours

Whey protein is an abundant protein, it is a complete protein and it does have a pretty a good reputation. All your friends are probably using it and the canisters look nice and appealing. The marketing of these products are done very professionally because the tubs and jars looks VERY tempting (don’t you think?). It comes in all kinds of different colors and flavours, for all kinds of purposes targeting different kinds of needy buyers, and you can buy it at most health stores. So naturally you’d expect it to be good for your health right? .. WRONG!!

The Shocking Truth..

..however, is that scientists recently have discovered that whey protein is NOT readily digestible for the human body. Whey protein powder is merely a by-product from cheese production. We’re simply not meant to eat this garbage!

Huge Industry And Interests

I’m not saying the following to generate a conspiracy theory, and I’m not saying this is how it is either (I’m leaving that up to you, what you believe in), but personally I do think it’s a possibility worth considering.

Logically those who produce cheese would really hate to throw out this enormous amount of by-product (because who would want to throw away large sums of money?). Whey protein powder is a HUGE industry, with powerful interests behind it and supporting it. That’s why I think there’s a very good chance that this might easily be one of the reasons why whey protein powder is so popular, eventhough it’s proven to have a ton of side effects.

Enough of these speculations! Now, let’s look at some hard facts, in order for us to conclude which is best, hemp protein vs whey protein powder. Like for an example the benefits and side effects of both whey and hemp protein.

Before You Read On, Take A Minute To Watch This Short Video.

Whey Protein Powder Side Effects

Your bloats will become even nastier, and you WILL undoubtedly bloat more often. You’ll most likely get problems with a bad breath and if you’re into weight lifting, and consumes large amounts of whey protein powder, you can look forward to suffering from Intestinal Toxemia. That again reduces amino acids and any nutrients absorption into you body cells. Since these are not absorped into your muscles and tissue, it is left behind in your stomach, just sitting and waiting – it will greatly increase your waistline!

Some of the side effects of taking whey protein powder are;

• it’s not readily digestible, and builds up inside your body
• your bloats will smell really awful
• and you will bloat more often
• bad breath
• intestinal toxemia
• bigger waistline

(Watch the video above, if you haven’t already done that!)

The Poisonous Artificial Sweeteners

There’s one more problem with whey protein powder. Whey in itself tastes disgusting. I couldn’t even drink it without puking, and actually there was a time, long ago, I would do such a silly thing.

To cover up the natural taste, whey protein powder supplements are loaded with poisonous artificial sweeteners, and the only thing they tell you is that it is ‘sugarfree’ or ‘without added sugars’.. Most of the time, thats NOT a good sign!

What They Don’t Tell You Is This.. An Example!

I’ll pick the most popular and bestselling whey protein product from Amazon, for this example, to show you what I mean. It really doesn’t matter which product I had picked, since it’s almost the same in every product I’ve seen so far.

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey, Double Rich Chocolate, 5.15-Pound

If you don’t know a lot about nutrition this would probably look very normal to you. But actually, like most other whey protein product, it’s stuffed with dangerous artificial chemicals and sweeteners which you would NEVER put inside your body, if only you knew what harm they actually do to your body.

In the picture above we see that there’s Acesulfame Potassium (also known as Acesulfame K). We look that up by simply googling and here’s the shocking truth..

“Acesulfame Potassium (K) was approved for use by the FDA as a safe artificial sweetener in July, l988. It is a derivative of acetoacetic acid. Unfortunately, several potential problems associated with the use of acesulfame have been raised. They are based largely on animal studies since testing on humans remains limited. The findings showed the following:

Acesulfame K stimulates insulin secretion in a dose dependent fashion thereby possibly aggravating reactive hypoglycemia (“low blood sugar attacks”).

Acesulfame K apparently produced lung tumors, breast tumors, rare types of tumors of other organs (such as the thymus gland), several forms of leukemia and chronic respiratory disease in several rodent studies, even when less than maximum doses were given. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, it was petitioned on August 29, l988 for a stay of approval by the FDA because of “significant doubt” about its safety.”

- Dr. H.J. Roberts, Aspartame (NutraSweet) Is It Safe?, Charles Press, page 283/84.

Organic Hemp Protein Powder

Hemp protein is the most efficient and healthy protein. It has all the Essential Fatty Acids, amino acids and it doesn’t cause you to bloat more. It doesn’t poison you. It strengthens your whole body, cells and helps boosting your overall health. See hemp protein benefits if you want to know more.

Just think about this.

Our forefathers who lived 100.000 years ago, do you think they had access to highly processed, refined and artificial flavoured foods designed in labs, with the sole purpose of making a lot of sales? Do you think they based their food intake and habbits on sneaky marketing led by manipulative emotional triggers and exploiting the weaknesses of the human mind? NO – they ate NATURAL whole foods directly from what nature had to offer. And that’s exactly what our bodies are designed for!

Your body is your temple – it deserves only the bes

Comparison: Hemp Protein Vs Whey Protein Powder

Hemp Protein Powder+

• Natural organic non-GMO plant protein packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and soluble fibers
• High fiber = high digestibility = less bloating = better absorption = better results
• Hemp protein powder will NOT cause bad breath, blurps and taste – like whey do..
• You need less, and get even better results. There’s no fillers and junk,  and you get all 8 essential amino acids, and EFA’s!

Hemp Protein Powder-

• Once you open a tub, you have only 14 days to eat it (3 weeks max!). That’s why the sizes typically are much smaller. So I’d recommend you buy alot of small tubs, instead of the big bags! Reason why you need to eat it so fast, is because it is a natural clean organic protein!
• Taste. I LOVE the taste of organic hemp protein powder, but I often hear people complaining about the nutty flavor of hemp protein powder. It takes some getting used to for some people I guess. Be sure to check out the hemp protein recipes section.
• Availability. Hemp protein powder is not as easy to find in local shops as whey protein. At least here in Denmark and I believe the same goes to most of Europe. Eventhough it’s getting more and more accessibile, as more and more people learns the truth about Hemp.

Whey Protein+

• Availability. Nearly every supermarket has whey protein!
• It’s cheap
• Longer shelf time

Whey Protein-

• You need a high intake – that’s why they come en large tubes!
• Low absorption
• Heavily processed
• intestinal toxemia
• cheap

This concludes the question, ‘hemp protein vs whey protein?’ If you’re interested in more in-depth facts about the protein quality, bioavailability and amino acid profile of hemp protein, and a direct comparison with whey protein, I recommend you check out this resource.

Recipe: RAW Hemp Protein Cereals

I’ve always thought of breakfast meals as something I just had to get over with. I didn’t find it very appealing and exciting. The only reason why I did eat breakfast at all, was because, as you know, it is perhaps the most import meal of the day.

Now it has actually become one of the best meals of the day.

I’m going to share my secret with you guys now. You really should try it, because I guarantee you it is very healthy, highly nutritious and it will keep you from starving for hours.

RAW Hemp Protein Cereals:

What do you need (for 2 people)?

• A good blender
• Oatmeal
• Vanilla Sugar
• Raisins
• Bananas (1 for each portion)
• Apples (1 for each)
• Hemp protein powder (2 tsp)
• Strainer (to filter the water from the oatmeal)
• Organic frozen blueberries (I use 175g frozen blueberries for 2 portions)
• Nectarines (1-2 for each)
• Hazelnuts (40-50g)

Preparation time: at least 15 minutes

This is how you do it (1 portion just scale it up yourself):

1. First take a soup plate for each portion, and fill it with a farly large amount of oatmeal
2. Cover the oatmeal with plenty of water and let it be for at least 5 minutes. You could also do this step over night.
3. Take the strainer and filter away most of the water. Just let it drip off for about 30 seconds..
4. Put it into the blender and add the bananas (depends of how creamy you want it)
5. Blend it thoroughly and add hemp protein powder, blueberries and hazelnuts to it as you blend
6. Also add vanilla sugar, and it really is a personal choice how much you want. I use 1 tbsp per portion. Some would probably want to use a little less.
7. Cut the apples and nectarines in small pieces – and DO NOT blend these!! We’re simply going to put these into the blended mix, AFTER you’ve emptied the blender and filled the 2 soup plates.
8. At last you add raisins – again we do not want to blend these.

That’s it, your RAW Hemp Protein Cereals Blueberry/Vanilla breakfast is ready. Enjoy!

* It’s very important NOT to put the apples, nectarines and raisins in the blender. We want these in small pieces, so it  get’s some ‘structure’.

Diary & Vitamin B12 Deficiency Myth!

What inspired me to write this blogpost was actually while reading through the comments of an article about Hemp Milk. A girl named Izzi asked the following question:

“Can someone please explain to me how you get B12 from Hemp milk? You can only obtain this vitamin naturally from animal meat, dairy or spiriva? There is surely not anywhere near a sufficient amount of B12 in hemp if any as plants do not have this vitamin. Can this be clarified please.”

I can easily understand Izzi’s concern regarding the amounts of B12 one would get drinking Hemp milk. And it’s a great question she’s raising, really. Let me try to clairify things a bit.

It’s a misconception that B12 is a vitamin which is only found in animal corpses (meat) and other animal by-products (diary).. B12 really is a bacteria. A microbe which thrives in the dirt. The dirt which vegetables and fruits grow in.. which again the animals consume.

Meat and diary is not the direct source of B12, and the small amounts of B12 found in these “foods” really comes from the soil..

Meat eaters generally gets a little more B12 than us vegans and vegetarians do, but vegans absorbes much larger amounts of the B12, since the acid production in our stomach raises to very high levels, when we digest meat – which destroys the B12 bacteria.

Really the best thing you can do is to buy bio-dynamic organic vegetables (and Hemp is a weed, thus often found organic) and don’t panic if you yet a little dirt now and then. Our forefathers did, and they never suffered from B12 deficiency.

Dr. Gabriel Cousens argues that vitamin B12 deficiency is typically caused by lack of absorption in the intestinal tract rather than a lack of this vitamin in the diet. So, improve your digestion and improve your assimilation of vitamin B12.

When our digestion systems is working in an optimal way, our bodies are able to produce small amounts of B12 ourselves, if we get the right nutrients for our body to work with.

Supplementing B12 shouldn’t be necessary, if you eat right.. and vitamin supplements really should only be used as a temporary solution, while you’re making the transition to the new healthy food habbits and a healthier life style.

If You Don’t Know How To Eat Right Just Yet…

And most people don’t!

Then taking a vitamin supplement is probably a good idea for the time being, regardless you’re a vegetarian, vegan or meat eater. It could be a B12 vitamin pill or you could simply replace some of your diary products, like ex. the unhealthy cows milk with the super healthy fortified organic Hemp milk.

Reason why I want you to cut your diary intake if possible is, as I wrote about in the Hemp protein vs Whey protein blog post, that the more diary you consume, the more sulfur containing amino acids floods your bloodstream. Also note that a large portion of the diary you eat isn’t digested but is gathering inside of your body..

Yes diary products are packed with calcium and B12, but you also need more, the higher your intake is… It’s like that, because diary is not the direct, original source of these nutrients. The direct sources was the grass the cow ate and so on..

If you integrate superfoods, like Hemp, from the plant kingdom in your diet, you won’t have a problem getting all the nutrients you need. I’ll write some articles around dieting the right way, when I get the time, but if you can’t wait, then check out this Eating For Energy Review or if you’re a meat eater, then The Diet Solution Program is for you. I haven’t actually tried this last one just yet, Rocking Body Raw Food but it looks pretty good to me, that you’re given access to an entire website… and Joy Houston looks really cute too WAIT looks can be deceiving, and they often are, so wait with this last one. I will do a review on all 3 products soon.

Just Remember This

To avoid symptoms of B12 deficiency, you need to get either 1 micro gram 3 times a day, or 10 micro grams 1 times a day. B12 is best absorbed in small amounts at a time. These are the absolute lowest recommended limits, and you can’t get too much B12 no matter what you do. So I advice you to buy fortified foods whenever possible, until you learn how to eat natural and healthy!

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Nutiva Organic HempShake Mix, Berry Pomegranate Review

Take 2-4 tsp of Nutiva Organic HempShake Mix Berry Pomegrante, add 1 frozen banana, 2 chopped/pitted dates, strawberries (and/or mixed berries), almond milk and there you have it. A 100% pure high explosive health and energy bomb.

You could also add 2-3 figgs, a squirt of honey, mix it with Maca powder and add a bit of juice.. Well the possibilities are endless and you have to experiment to find your own favourite hemp shake / smoothie.

What’s great about hemp shakes is that it not only tastes amazingly delicious and fresh and keeps your sugar cravings miles away, but it is also low in calories, high in fiber, protein and essential fatty acids.

It means that your blood sugar will be stabilized, so you won’t feel hunger right after drinking a hemp Shake.

Nutiva Organic HempShake Mix, Berry Pomegranate also tastes extremely well even in water, (vanilla) soy- or ricemilk. It really depends on whether you like it thick and creamy or thin and easy to stir up.

Who’s It For, And When Should You Drink A Hemp Shake?

Personally I like to drink a Hemp Shake in the morning and sometimes at lunch too. If I feel like I’m starving before I go to bed, I’ll make a shake and sip it in slowly. You could easily take this before or after a work out session, with even better results than from taking a whey shake, but I do recommend one specific kind of hemp protein powder for that purpose, if you want to get the absolute most out of your training.

My next hemp protein powder review will be about hemp protein powder for bodybuilding, high performance and endurance athletes, so be sure to check back soon.

The Complete List Of Ingredients Are:

Organic Hemp Protein, Superberry Blend (Organic Mesquite Pods, Organic Strawberries, Organic Blueberries, Organic Raspberries, Organic Cherries, Organic Pomegranates, Organic Sambazon Acai, Organic Goji Berries, Organic Guar Gum, Inulin From Chicory Root), Organic Fair Trade Certified Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Berry Flavor.

Made For:

Shakes, smoothies; sprinkling on cereal, yogurt; adding to baked goods like muffins

Other Product Features:

• All USDA-certified-organic ingredients; high in protein, fiber; sweetened with Fair Trade cane juice
• Powder for shakes, smoothies; sprinkling on cereal, yogurt; adding to baked goods like muffins
• Product of Canada

I  hope you liked my first hemp protein powder review. Feel free to leave a comment, if you have any questions or constructive feedback.

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Hemp Protein 101 Is Now LIVE!!

For the past 2 weeks we’ve worked on this website, and finally the time has come to launch it. Welcome to Hemp Protein 101!

We made this website because we think you need to be really passionate about a certain topic (be a genuine part of it) in order to contribute and deliver value to that niche – and the people looking for answers. We want to do that in a credible and ethic manner. So writing about hemp, the single most beneficial complimentary food source, as the basis, really was’t something we had to think long and hard to figure out.

We hope you enjoy your stay here at Hemp Protein 101, and find the answers you’re looking for.