"It's no easy feat accepting what society thinks is beautiful.
Some things I do that help.
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- I don't watch TV with crazy commercials telling me what I should look like.
- I don't read tabloids, or Cosmo.
- Scroll past shaming Facebook posts that don't encourage health, rather than the obsession with perfection. I naturally am driven to be a perfectionist, I don't need more fuel on my fire
- I never compare myself to my friends. We all have "flaws".
- Reframing what I was indoctrinated to see as an inadequacy, to now see it as beauty, and uniqueness.
- Appreciating how my body moves, instead of how it looks.
- Focusing my mental energy on health, instead of aesthetics.
- Focusing on strength instead of aesthetics.
Now do I ever struggle?
YES!!! When someone makes a comment about how my sides are too "thick", my arms are too muscular, or I've gained weight, I do take it to ❤️ for a brief moment.
In this moment I remind myself that their idea of beauty is not mine. I have no idea what I'm suppose to look like😝 I'm not striving for anything, and they apparently are. Different goals, for different people.
I just do activities that light my soul on🔥 If that gives me thick sides, or not enough V taper (or whatever you lovelies call it😂) so be it. We all are in this process of learning to love ourselves with societies rigid standards of perfection." Briana Theroux
Photograph of, Sophia Loren
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Potatoes are a Quality Protein by Kate Deering
Did you know?
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"Most people do not realize that potatoes are a good source of quality protein. The very high value of "potato protein" is better than the egg yolk, because there is material besides the actual protein that functions as protein--keto acids. Potato’s keto acids are the equivalent of the essential amino acids. In the body, ammonia is added to keto acids, turning them into amino acids.
According to nutrition researcher, Ray Peat, PhD., “Two pounds of well-cooked mashed potato has the protein value similar to a liter of milk, about 33 grams of protein. A person would be able to live for a long time on two or three liters of either milk or 4-6 pounds of potatoes per day. The milk drinker would eventually need to supplement iron, the potato eaters would need to supplement vitamin A, possibly B12, but both of them are nearly perfect foods.” The well cooked white potato also contains numerous vitamins and minerals including: vitamins C, D, K, folate, niacin, pantothenic acid, B6, choline, calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, manganese, iron and zinc. The potato lacks adequate Vitamin A and B12.
Now, I would never recommend consuming 4-6 pounds of potatoes a day for its protein—and nothing else. Especially when other foods like milk, eggs, liver and gelatin are available. However, for a person who is in a very compromised metabolic state (diabetic, cancer, HIV, Celiac, Colitis) or is a vegan, a concentrated potato juice would be a beneficial food.
A 2008 study in Food Chemistry Journal reported potato protein to a have antioxidant and blood pressure lowering effects. Juicing the potato removes all the starch, leaving primarily protein. Potato protein is easy to digest and absorb. Vegetarians, vegans and any one with a compromised metabolism would benefit from using potato protein." Kate Deering, How to Heal Your Metabolism
Bottom line: Yes, there are other quality sources of protein besides bone broth, liver, eggs and dairy.
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