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10 Nutrients Absent in Animal Foods

[Article source on HEALTHLINE by Atli Arnarson, PhD on June 15, 2017] Animal foods and plant foods have many differences. This is especially true for their nutritional value, as many nutrients are specific to either plants or animal foods . For optimal nutrition, it makes sense to follow a balanced diet that includes both. This article lists 10 common nutrients that are difficult or impossible to get from animal foods. source 1. Vitamin C Vitamin C is the only essential vitamin not found in useful amounts in cooked animal foods. It is a powerful antioxidant that is important for the maintenance of connective tissue. It also functions as a co-factor for many enzymes in the body. Additionally, vitamin C deficiency may cause scurvy, a condition initially characterized by spotty skin and fatigue. Advanced scurvy can cause yellow skin, loss of teeth, bleeding and eventually death. A diet of only animal foods usually doesn't contain enough vitamin C. For this reaso

The Denaturing Effect of Cooked Food

The following article is taken from Hippocrates Health Institute, home education (Dec 13, 2018): Cooked Food What’s In It? Well, after years of being a pyrofoodiac, I discovered raw food. No, I’m not talking raw meat or even sushi, but rather fruits, veggies and their juices and raw nuts seeds. In their natural, unadulterated, untouched by man, UNcooked and certainly UN-burned state, these foods really can heal all that ails you. It turns out, it’s that cooked food, especially the burnt stuff, that WILL kill you!  Yes, I know exactly what you’re thinking, “EVERYONE eats cooked food!” But not everyone knows what the cooking of food actually does to the food, and even more importantly, what that cooked food does to your body when you regularly consume it.  So, what could possibly be so bad about cooking your food? Does something in the food change when you heat it?  What exactly is IN cooked food?  Whenever you cook food, whether it’s on a stove top,