Diversify Your Protein

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Diversify Your Protein

6/9/2018

Hello Beloved! Three weeks ago we launched a 5 week journey, exploring how and why we feed our bodies. The first stop along our journey invited us to make a week long meal plan, representative of our current eating practices. At our second stop we reflected on our meal choices and made healthy substitutions. Our third stop encouraged us to spice things up by eating the rainbow. This week's tip and call to action is to DIVERSIFY your protein.

Try these strategies to step up your protein game:

When making this week's meal plan, try to include at least 3 different sources of protein. "Protein foods include both animal (meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs) and plant (beans, peas, soy products, nuts, and seeds) sources." (Vary Your Protein Routine).
Label each day of the week, in your meal plan, by the main protein source you will prepare and or eat. Ensure that you have 3 "special" days a week. For example, "Bean Mondays", "Chicken Wednesdays" and "Salmon Fridays". There is a lot of yummy experimentation to be done, even with keeping "special" days consistent. If that gets dry, you have a lot more protein sources you can explore!

Struggling to think up a recipe? Checkout the resources below:

www.self.com/gallery/10-high-protein-dinners-you-can-make-in-20-minutes-or-less

http://www.cookinglight.com/eating-smart/high-protein-meals

https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/healthy-meals/high-protein-recipes#chicken-quinoa-burritos

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipes/17121/everyday-cooking/special-collections/myplate/protein/

If you need some additional support setting up your mail plan, checkout our first post in this series: www.earthbasic.org/be-held-temple-building/make-a-meal-plan

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Be-Held Health Lead

Jeanette Bailey is a believer in Jesus Christ, who believes that health, wellness, healing and wholeness is obtainable with a Christ-centered and evidence based medically sound approach. Her life's mission is to help individuals, families and communities
become better stewards of their health by caring for their bodies, minds, and spirits.

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Carolyn Sinclair McCalla is a daughter of God who believes that as we seek the truth of God's Word, and humble ourselves to live in agreement with it, that we will experience the transformation which allows us to enter wholistic wellness: spirit, soul and body. She is the Founder and President of EarthBasic and leads its Be-Held Community: a group of women seeking, living and being transformed by the truth of God’s Word together. She is excited about this addition to the Be-Held Community, which will provide loving, sustainable, Christ-centered and well researched resources to support women in cultivating a life of wholistic self-care: spirit, soul, and body, which will in turn equip them to bless the generations in their care.

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