• If you have a serious medical condition &/or take medication, it is necessary to consult your doctor before making changes to your diet.
• Ketogenic diets have been associated with serious side-effects.
Oct 12, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
To make table sugar from sugar beets involves a level of processing which seems to me more akin to creating a pharmaceutical grade substance than a foodstuff.
I will list the processes below.
Sugar beets are washed and cut into chips and boiled.
Only the water is used to make suagr -- the 'chips' are used to create pet food.
Next the 'sugar water' is cleaned with limewater and then filtered.
Oct 10, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Plant-based proteins do not stimulate muscle growth as well as animal-based. It is less digestible and contains lower levels of branch-chain amino acids. But I do not think that this is a good enough reason to favour animal-based protein: I will explain why below:
Plant proteins in sufficient quantities can help us to build muscle and strength – the numerous elite-level plant-based athletes are a testament to this. When plant protein is eaten at higher levels, the problems of lower digestibility and anabolic potential are overcome.
