14/06/2023
Todayโs healthy eating week theme is ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ! โฃ
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Protein has a variety of ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ. It is involved in our immune system ๐ฆ , muscle building ๐ช and transport of nutrients throughout our body. โฃ
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Proteins are made from chains of amino acids, these are the building blocks of the proteins in our body ๐งฑ. โฃ
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There are ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ด. 9 of these are known as ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ, meaning our body cannot make them itself so we need to consume them from our diet ๐ฝ๏ธ. โฃ
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Eating different types of proteins, such as beans/pulses, eggs ๐ณ, dairy ๐ฅ, meat ๐ฅฉ, nuts/seeds ๐ฅ and soy will make it easier to ensure you are eating a range of amino acids. โฃ
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Different sources of protein will also have other ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ. Beans and pulses are great sources of fibre and oily fish is a fantastic source of omega-3 fatty acids ๐. โฃ
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Some ways you can begin to vary your protein is by having two portions of fish per week, using unsalted nuts as a snack and by having some meat free days of eating to increase your plant based protein consumption ๐ฝ๏ธ. โฃ
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