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GADr. Natasha is clearing up a few common misconceptions about vegan/vegetarian diets and animal fats on the GAPS Diet:
✅Vegetarian and/or vegan diets are harmful to the human body as they starve our body of the nutrients it needs to repair and remain strong, which come from animal fats and proteins. Plant foods are unable to provide us with enough amino acids suitable for building collagen.
✅Animal fats are essential for building and maintaining the body’s physical structure. They are the best for providing the body with the proper nutrients to restore the gut, immunity, and nervous system. Animal fats promote healing and are easy to digest, making them a great source of energy and nutrients needed by the body. For GAPS individuals, consuming more animal fats leads to quicker recovery.
✅Vegetable oils are full of damaged fatty acids and have been linked to many illnesses, as they damage the psychological structure of the body. To make vegetable oils solid and increase their shelf life, they are hydrogenated, which involves adding hydrogen molecules to the chemical structure under high pressure and high temperatures in the presence of toxic metals. Remnants of these metals stay in the hydrogenated oils like nickel and aluminum, which add to the toxic load of the body, causing degenerative conditions and chronic disease. Animal fats are the best for cooking because they are not processed and do not change their chemical structure when heated.
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