But, it's reasonable to assume that a fair number of people following vegetarian or vegan diets, and having trouble with these diets, were also consuming healthy diets. This would include lots of fresh vegetables and plenty of soaked nuts for a rather ideal protein source. Since nuts and seeds are plentiful, bio-available protein sources, the protein factor isn't "it." So, what is "it"? It's likely the CLA, or conjugated linoleic acid, that meat and dairy consumers derive from the animals. So, let's talk about CLA and what it does.
CLA is a potent detoxifier and it's praised as a key anti-cancer substance. It promotes lean muscle mass and strength while enhancing metabolism. It also boosts immunity and its scarcity in other sources is actually the reason some health authors promote animal consumption.
But where does CLA come from? It's in the grass that animals eat - and it's not in many other foods, even other greens. In fact, if you're not drinking grass juice or consuming animal products, you're probably not getting any CLA in your diet. But how better to get your CLA than going to the source: the grass.
Now, many people don't think of grass as human food because it's well known that humans can't digest a handful like cows or horses. But we can juice grass and obtain its nutrients, specifically high concentrations of powerful CLAs. Grass is also rich in omega-3 fatty acids and chlorophyll. And aren't omega-3's the reason many people eat fish?
So, let's look at CLA and its ability to promote lean muscle and strength. We don't have to look far: if grass didn't build muscle, horses wouldn't have the bodies they do. And isn't strength the reason most people consume animals, besides taste and conditioning? But, most people attribute the strength and muscle building qualities of eating animals to protein, and not to the grass and CLA that the animals have been eating. But, perhaps that's not quite right.
There's another important reason that drinking the juice of grass benefits humans. Grass is one of the earth's most potent chlorophyll sources, and chlorophyll is remarkably similar to human red blood cells. So, by juicing lots of chlorophyll-rich foods, we can simply and easily make fresh blood. Chlorophyll is in all green foods, but taking it in high concentrations is much more common in health conscious vegetarians or vegans, as opposed to people giving the lifestyle a try for compassion to animals reasons.
Juiced grass is surprising delicious, especially if you add fruit and stevia to sweeten it up. Chances are also good that you have a number of wild grass sources near you. But you may need to head off the beaten path a bit because you'll want wild cereal grass, not ornamental grass, and grass that hasn't been fertilized or sprayed with pesticides.
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