What are the most beneficial types of protein?

What are the most beneficial types of protein?

Susan Silberstein & Marilyn Joyce (Health and Nutrition Educator & Heath Counselor) gives expert video advice on: How much protein do I need? and more...

Generally, the best animal sources of protein would be wild fish and the eggs of free roaming hens. That means hens that are not cooped up in a coop where their immune systems tend to be compromised. Hens that have not been treated with antibiotics, but hens that are able to run around the barn yard. Preferably, chased by a rooster. If we are looking at plant sources of protein then we are going to get them from beans and legumes and seeds and nuts and, to a certain extent, whole grains. One of our best whole grains is quinoa (keen-wah), a South American grain, that has all eight essential amino acids, or the building blocks of proteins. Now, when you eat nuts make sure that they are not roasted or toasted or salted. It's very important that we have nuts raw and that we store them in our refrigerator because nuts are high in fats and fats denature very quickly when exposed to air and heat and light. So, then them become lipid peroxides or free radicals, which are dangerous compounds that damage the DNA of all the cells in our body and tend to produce aging and cancer and cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.