Proteins

Understanding Lectins
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Understanding Lectins

Understanding Lectins: Exploring Beans and Safe Preparation Lectins are a diverse group of proteins found in many plants, animals, and microorganisms. While they serve essential biological…

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Vegetable protein and challenges for consumers
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Vegetable protein and challenges for consumers

Rebalancing our intake between proteins of animal and plant origin is the central point of the transitions towards healthy and sustainable diets. But are consumers ready to…

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Cooking lentils is easy
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Cooking lentils is easy

Lentils are grouped with beans and peas as part of the legume family because, like all legumes, they grow in pods. Besides being packed with plant-based…

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eating should be fun
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Vegan diets and you as a parent

A vegan diet consists of only plant-based products — it has no meat, fish, dairy, or eggs, and some people also exclude honey. Vegan diets are…

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Fresh apple eating !!
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Getting more plant-based foods in your diet

January can be a good time for many to make healthy lifestyle changes, including diet and exercise – and now that Canada’s Food Guide has been…

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healthy eating
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Healthy results from a diet shift

As we move into 2020, there are increasingly easily accessible plant-based food alternatives to help us combat unhealthy eating habits, and live a cleaner lifestyle. What…

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Pat McAuley Ted Talk
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A Plant-based Diet Changed My Life

Pat McAuley describes the impact that food has on his life and why he is an advocate of the health and environmental benefits of plant-based living.…

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oats porridge
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Vegan Porridge & Rice Pudding

If you’re a serious cyclist, then you most probably know the GCN YouTube channel. They’ve just launched a book called “GCN The Plant-Based Cyclist Book” written…

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A happy cow?
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Plant-based diets – Seven facts

Wikipedia’s definition of a plant-based diet is “a diet consisting mostly or entirely of foods derived from plants, including vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, legumes and fruits,…

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sources of plant-based protein
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Best 15 sources of plant-based protein

As the shift away from animal products becomes easier, with the recent increase in availability of fortified and nutritious plant-based foods, an increasing number of consumers…

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