1. Lipids (Oil, Fat, Cholesterol)

  • membrane quality
  • combats inflammation
  • stops leaky membranes

2. Nitrogen (protein, non-protein)

  • repair
  • energy
  • immune
  • cellular communications

Hidden Hunger

Nutrient deficiency is common today

  • obesity
  • low energy
  • food cravings
  • constant hunger

Organic foods can still be nutrient deficient

Millions of people suffer from a lack of

  • omega-3 animal lipids - oily membranes
  • freely available nitrogen - energy.

Symptoms

  • autism
  • dementia
  • heart disease
  • stroke
  • cancer.

1. Lipids, when deficient

  • Edema
  • Swollen ankles
  • Puffy eye bags
  • Body fat distribution disorders
  • Premature cardiovascular disease
  • Hypo-cholesterol, low HDL, the good lipid
  • Hyper-cholesterol, high LDL, the bad lipid
  • Hyper-triglycerides, high vitamin E, vegetable oils, others

We are 65% water

  • lipid membranes stop water from leaking

Water based fluids

  • eye fluid
  • lymph fluid
  • gallbladder
  • brain fluids
  • blood plasma
  • urinary bladder

2. Nitrogen, when deficient

Free nitrogen cannot be stored

  • pale skin
  • chronic fatigue
  • muscle wasting
  • loss of muscle tone
  • skin wrinkles, eczema
  • low grade connective tissue
  • loss of height as we age
  • slow wound healing
  • growth retardation
  • infertility

Sugar gives a short buzz of energy, like alcohol, no stamina energy.
Nitrogen is our number one source of energy and strength.

Nitrogen is the tool for:

  • IQ
  • Thinking clearly
  • Decision making
  • Immunity to diseases
  • White blood cell energy
  • Stamina for the long haul

We talk about getting enough protein but the non-protein amine is more important to energy and health.

Bound protein must be digested sufficiently to release free nitrogen for energy and immune systems.

Non-protein nitrogen or free-nitrogen cannot be stored in the body.

Levels deplete in hours to give us a loss of energy and feelings of hunger.

How do we get nitrogen?

From the food chain

  1. Air is 78% nitrogen, an inert gas that we cannot absorb directly
  2. Rain washes some air nitrogen into the rivers and soil
  3. Micro-organisms in soil bind nitrogen to carbon to become an organic molecule
  4. Farmers add nitrogen fertilizers: nitrates, nitrites
  5. Deli meats are high in nitrates and nitrites
  6. Plants also bind nitrogen to carbon
  7. Animals can absorb nitrogen after it is bound to carbon
  8. Ruminant animals digest grass and grains best
  9. Ruminant, a fermenting stomach animal
  10. Cows are the most efficient of all the ruminant animals at digesting grass and grains
  11. Humans have real trouble digesting grass and grains

Ruminant   roo͞′mə-nənt

  • n.
    Any of various hoofed, even-toed, usually horned mammals of the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle, sheep, deer, antelopes, and giraffes, characteristically having a stomach divided into four compartments and chewing a cud that consists of plant food that is regurgitated when partially digested.
  • n.
    Any of various animals that ruminate but are not in the Ruminantia, including camels, alpacas, and llamas.
  • adj.
    Characterized by the chewing of cud.