Want to Help Your Child Grow Big and Strong? Make meat a priority.

Nowadays there’s no denying that the vegan, vegetarian movement is in full swing. I was a vegetarian with occasional fish for 12 years, so I get it. I wanted to be healthy and do the noble thing by saving some cows from slaughter. I also wanted to leave less of a carbon footprint.

With my health declining and getting hit with major postpartum depression, I realized that so much of my diet was the root cause. I had a lot of things wrong and now my mission is to have no one suffer for as long as I did. I wish for everyone to be their best self and one major way to do so is by eating a nutrient-dense diet.

In terms of footprint, 14% is due to greenhouse gases but almost 80% of that is from developing countries that use old agriculture techniques.

In the US, electricity production is 28% of total emissions, transportation — 28% and industry — 22%. All of agriculture accounts for a total of 9% and all of animal agriculture contributes 3.9% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Don’t believe me? You can read more here.

What does this mean?

If Americans all ate vegan and got rid of all the animals, the greenhouse effect would save globally, less than 0.5%. Additionally, we are not equipped to have the US population eat an all plant diet. We would become deficient in the nutrition requirements for calcium, vitamins A and B12, and essential fatty acids.

Weston A. Price, a dentist, traveled the world and detailed his travels studying the diets and nutrition of various cultures. He never found an indigenous culture that was pure vegetarian but found many that were heavily reliant on meat. In fact, veganism didn’t exist until 1944.

I wish I knew all this before going on my stint of vegetarianism for 12 years.

Why?

Serotonin dysfunction is implied in major depression and also with suicide. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is produced in the intestines and the brain. (A reason your gut biome and proper digestion is critical.) Serotonin cannot pass the blood brain barrier and thus, serotonin used in the brain must be made in the brain– A brain that is 60% fat.

Where does Serotonin come from?

Eating foods with Tryptophan (an essential amino acid/protein) can help produce more Serotonin.