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It Seems Nutritious, but Is It Really?

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It Seems Nutritious, but Is It Really?

Did you know that not all the nutrients you eat can be absorbed? Even if they are absorbed, they still might not be used by your body.

Bioavailability refers to the proportion of nutrients that are absorbed and utilized in the body.

If you looked up a food in a nutrition database, and it says it has a certain amount of a vitamin, that number tells you what is in that food. It’s not what you can get from that food.

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5 Mistakes The Western World Made with Soy

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5 Mistakes The Western World Made with Soy

Soy is one of our biggest mistakes as a food source. In North America it is used by many vegetarians as a complete source of protein. Soy has traditionally been a part of Japanese and other Asian countries’ cuisine. So what went so wrong when it made its way into Western diets?

 

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