Meat vs Vegetable Protein October 27, 2009
Posted by Dr Dan in paleo diet.Tags: Meat Eater, paleo diet, protein, Vegetarian
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I was reading some of the comments in my most controversial vegetarians vs meat eaters post. Which frankly I wish I had never wrote now because it seems you can’t show one slice of evidence in favour of eating meat without some people thinking your trying to bring down the whole vegetarian movement. However, as I was looking through some articles I found this article, which I thought was interesting and relevant. It is by Wiebe et al (1984) and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (vol 40).
This study looks at the effect of plant and animal protein on blood lipid levels in eight healthy men aged between 18 – 27 yr (scary they would be 43-52 now). All men were fed both plant and animal protein diets for a 21 day period in a cross over design. What they found was that when men ate meat proteins they showed higher HDL cholesterol proteins (good healthy fats) and did not show any difference in LDL (bad healthy fats – apparently) when compared to when eating vegetarian proteins. When eating vegetarian proteins there was also a significant increase in mean serum triyglyceride values. So this study shows that meat protein is likely to better for you than vegetarian protein. Surely.
Squid with a Spinach & Pine Nut Pesto October 1, 2009
Posted by Dr Dan in Uncategorized.Tags: paleo diet, paleo food, recipe, spinach pesto, squid
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Ingredients
3 X Squid (sliced in half and then halved again – i.e. quartered)
t tbspn butter
3 cups of spinach
2 tbspn pine nuts
1 garlic clove finally chopped
1 tbspn olive oil
Heat frying pan to a medium heat and then add olive oil. Once hot stir in the spinach and keep stirring until soft (but not mushy) then set aside. Place spinach, pine nuts and garlic into a food processor and process until a smooth texture. Meanwhile heat frying pan until hot and then add butter. Once melted add the squid. Squid can be overcooked very easily and should be undercooked if anything (like salmon). Place the squid in for no more than 30 seconds each side. Serve onto a plate and poor the butter from the pan over the top. Then place teaspoons of the pesto on the plate. Enjoy!!
