August 3, 2025 • 25 mins
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Nutrition plays a vital role in aligning and supporting our solar plexus chakra, the seat of personal power and inner fire. Yellow foods like bananas, pineapples, and squash bring awareness to this power center, while protein serves as the fundamental building block for manifesting our goals and fueling our physical strength.
• Eating by chakra color is an easy way to align with specific energy centers - yellow foods support the solar plexus
• Protein is essential for building strength and fueling inner power, but requires balance to avoid kidney stress
• Ethical meat consumption presents challenges for those with both health needs and animal welfare concerns
• Free-range, humanely raised animal products offer a more mindful approach to animal protein consumption
• Eggs serve as a versatile, nutrient-dense protein option with yellow yolks that align with solar plexus energy
• The perfect protein shake combines quality protein powder, greens powder, super seeds, and potentially collagen
• Coconut water makes an excellent protein shake base that's lighter than milk alternatives
• Various protein sources exist for all dietary needs, including vegetarian and vegan options like legumes and seeds
• Approaching nutrition mindfully helps honor both our body's needs and our personal values
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Namaste and welcome to the Divas that Care Network.
I'm your host, gia Raquel Rose,owner of Heirs Above Yoga, and
you are listening to Above theGround podcast.
If this is your first timetuning in, we are in our 15th
year and listen to in over 30countries.
I would like to personallythank you for giving me the gift
of your time.
As always, it is my honor tohold space with you, and our
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sequence for this time of theseason is all about empowerment.
It is all about our solarplexus chakra and it is all
about empowerment.
It is all about our solarplexus chakra and it is all
about the seat of our power.
For those who may miss theprevious couple episodes, and so
to that end, we've beendiscussing not only meditative
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ways to tap into your innerpower, yoga postures to help you
fire up or balance out, becausedon't forget that chakras can
be either.
The goal with any chakra is tobring it into balance.
It can be underwhelmed and itcan need a little bit of support
.
Also, you can have dominantchakras that are, that are
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overwhelming right.
So the goal of this is to tapinto that power center and
really kind of your inner truestself.
What your mission is what yourgoals are in life, the way to
get from point A to point B, tonot only have the goals but, to,
you know, make them a realityin the world around you, which
is kind of the point, right.
We only get this one preciousexistence.
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So for our nutrition episode,we're going to, you know, talk
about what fuels that inner fire, and I've gone over, you know,
lots of different things talkingabout the chakras and foods
that support the chakras.
And you know the at its basecomponent.
You go by color, right, whichis super literal and super easy
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to follow, point and click as itgets right.
If the chakra, which our solarplexus chakra, is aligned with
the color yellow, then we eatyellow foods.
Think bananas, as long asthat's okay with the sugar
content.
Think pineapple.
Same thing, as long as that'sokay with the sugar content.
Think lemon juice in themorning.
Think lemonade if you want toadd a little bit of sweetness to
your afternoon.
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Think yellow peppers.
Think yellow tomatoes.
Think squash.
Think all of those delicious,natural, you know no ingredient
list foods and I say that youknow tongue in cheek because
we're going to get into thatmomentarily but all of these
foods that show up in nature intheir purest form and will help
to align and support the solarplexus chakra and kind of bring
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your awareness right.
So, when we talk about ourchakras, the color association
with them is in support of, tobring awareness to, to be
mindful that your consciousnessis in alignment with that
particular chakra.
So, for solar plexus chakra,you know again, we're gonna wear
yellow.
Right, I happen to have ayellow Jeep Wrangler from many,
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many years ago that I still havein love.
So you know it's, it's aligningwith those, it's a happy color,
right, it's aligning with withthe color of strength, it's
aligning with the color of, ofjoy.
Yellow is a bright, robustcolor and so think of embodying
the qualities of that color asyou tap into that inner power
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within yourself.
Think bright, think robust,think positive, think the good
things, think your core center,think of that inner fire, right?
So when we're talking aboutways to fuel that inner fire and
we're talking about ways tobring to life, to fuel that
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inner fire, and we're talkingabout ways to bring to life, you
know, things from our mind,things from our creativity out
into the outside world, we wantto fuel that and I believe you
know, I believe that protein iskey and I think a lot of people
who are active in the nutritioncommunity, in the, you know, in
the yoga community, maybe in theweightlifting community, in the
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, in these wellness fitnessindustries, protein is a huge,
huge part of that.
It is a building block for ourmuscles, it is supportive of our
bones, it is supportive of ourability to function at our at
our highest level.
Now there is, you know, the thedark side to protein.
Where it's over consumption,it's, it's out of balance, much
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like our chakras.
If you go too far in anydirection and you lose balance,
you move away from, from stasis,which is is the goal, right is
to be, to be balanced, whole andand not too far in any given
direction.
So, to that end, having thisidea of keeping in mind the
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balance between having enoughprotein and not so much that you
start to veer off into thetrajectory of kidney problems,
because that can be a kidney.
It can prevent or provide, Ishould say, a little bit of, it,
can stress the kidneys out andit can too much protein or a
lack of balance in the diet withprotein, heavy diets can lead
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to kidney issues.
And so, always being mindful ofyour intake of protein, your,
your hydration levels.
So, always being mindful ofyour intake of protein, your
hydration levels right, how youconsume your protein, what
proteins you choose are all youknow, very, very body specific
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concerns and criteria.
I hope that they benefit andprovide information for people
to then take the insight, dotheir own deep dive, based on
their own bodies, needs,requirements, restrictions, etc.
So for me personally I was avegetarian for many years, I
would love to still be avegetarian.
I'm an animal lover and itbrings me a lot of pause every
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time I eat meat.
It makes me feel guilty.
I'm not going to lie, I don'thave a lot of guilt in my life.
That is one big area where mefeel guilty.
I'm not going to lie, I don'thave a lot of guilt in my life.
That is one big area where I, I, I feel away, I feel away and
so, because of that, um, for me,and what I want to kind of deep
dive into, are are the process.
So we talked about the foodsthat are ingredient less, that
are that are whole food fruits,vegetables.
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Um, and I will mention, youknow I'm going to start which
came first the egg, right, andeggs get a bad rap for their
cholesterol.
And I will say that kind of alittle rule of thumb that I like
to go for with regard tocholesterol is if it sticks to
the plate, it sticks to yourinsides, right?
So eggs, get a little sticky,mayo, egg based products get a
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little sticky, even.
You know, half and half willstick to the bottom of your
coffee mug.
Let's say you drink coffeeevery day.
So you know, kind of havingthat idea of literal again, what
you see is what you've got,what you bring in is what stays
Right.
But I do believe personally thateggs are a superfood and, you
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know, with the trending jokingmemes about eggs becoming so
expensive recently, it soundslike the world agrees with me.
And they are a staple in manydiets and they are a wonderful
source of protein.
They are not a vegan protein,nor are they a vegetarian
protein technically, althoughyou know you can make the
argument for them, especiallyyou know, if you, if you do
struggle with foods that are,you know, technically not vegan
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but maybe on the on theborderline of vegetarian,
depending on your definition ofthat and your belief systems,
and I honor and respect all.
So I do believe that eggs servea wonderful benefit, again, in
moderation and in balance, and Ithink that they can be a very,
very solid, stable buildingblock for for protein rich diet,
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not a protein heavy diet, but aprotein rich diet.
I think eggs can go a long wayfor people and they taste good
and they are so versatile.
They can go into so manydifferent dishes.
You can eat them.
I love breakfast for dinnerright, who doesn't love
breakfast for dinner?
And if you haven't done that ina while, I encourage you to
have breakfast for dinnerbecause every once in a while
it's just fun.
It's just fun, it's whimsical,so roll with it.
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And I think that eggs, you knowthey even have a yellow yolk.
So when, so far as talkingabout our solar plexus chakra
and empowerment and poweringourselves up and empowering our
day, eggs are a great way to dothat.
You can start your day withthem or you can end your day
with them because of theirversatility.
So, expense, current expenseaside, you know, if you have the
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impulse to raise your ownchickens and the space and the
legality to be able to do sosafely, then I encourage you to
tap into that naturalenvironment and get farm fresh
eggs whenever you can Humanelyraised, obviously, whenever you
can, if you can support thosewho support our livestock in the
best possible way, you know,being conscious, being authentic
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and true to yourself so thatyou minimize any impact that you
do have.
And that, you know, brings me tothe conversation about the meat
protein sources.
And you know meat is a proteinand there are lots of people
that eat fish only.
There are lots of people thatyou know feel is a protein, and
there are lots of people thateat fish only.
There are lots of people thatyou know feel a certain way
about red meat.
Um, and and anytime, the onlyhere's what I can say, how I
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make this resolution with myself.
I won't speak for anyone elseor their, their belief systems
about it.
I just know that I do strugglewith this personally and I would
prefer to be a vegetarian.
Um, in my heart, 100% in myheart, I would prefer to be a
vegetarian.
When I purchase meat, I do soconsciously and I do my best to
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honor that rule of, you know,the yoga rule of ahimsa do no
harm.
It's really hard to rectifythat yogic rule with a diet that
is based on meat.
It's very, very challenging torationalize that one away, that
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one away, and so the best that Idid for a while was I would I
would you know eat predominantlyvegetarian and have meat a
couple times a week, a coupletimes a month if I needed like I
felt like my body needed it.
That was before the diagnosisof Hashimoto's, at which point I
really did commit to that paleolifestyle and I do eat meat
almost daily now, which again issomething that I struggle with,
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and I try to balance that outwith only one meal which will
bring me into my next point oftopic but and to choose the meat
that I purchase with as muchconscientiousness towards the
welfare of the animal.
Prior to that, I believe it wasJason DeSalvo who said it on my
podcast you know an animal thathad a really great life in one
bad day.
So, as much as it pains me todo that, I will say that, you
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know, purchase local if you can,purchase humane if you can.
Free range is the next great,next best thing, right?
But again, again, trying to beconscious and, as as a reiki
practitioner, you know, I thankevery animal that comes across
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my plate and I, I bless it and Ithank it and I, you know,
apologize to it and I and I.
I practice honoring it in thatmoment, and that might be.
I also have been known to savedragonflies from drowning in the
water.
So you know this is a me thing.
I'm not saying that you don'thave to.
You know you don't have tothank your stake at the end of
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the day, but I do think thatbeing mindful of you, know your
choices, and being conscientiousin supporting businesses, that
it takes extra practice to havehumane free range, and it it's,
as I stutter, supporting thosewho take those extra steps to
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support the animals in my way isthe is the most ethical way
that you can consume somethingthat died for your sustenance.
That's.
I'm going to leave it thereBecause, like I said, it is a
conflict for me and I will if Ican find a way to support my
body.
Maybe, maybe I need to switchto Jason's diet, as he mentioned
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when he was on my podcasttalking about the whole food
plant-based diet.
Maybe that will be in my future, but as it stands right now,
the paleo is supporting myhealth, you know pretty well,
and so I will make my apologiesand say my prayers over my
dinner and thank those that madethe ultimate sacrifice for my
well-being, and that's how Iwill honor them.
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Moving on before I start toshed a tear.
Moving on before I start to sheda tear, talking about the
opposite of the no ingredient tothe limited ingredient or full
ingredient and kind of the deepdive that I wanted to go into
for this particular episode, areprotein powders and protein
shakes, because mycounterbalance to the fact that
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I do have to or I shouldn't sayhave to, but I choose to eat
meat on a daily basis as I'veeliminated a lot of carbohydrate
options from my, from myexistence, is to drink
predominantly vegetarian, veganprotein shakes twice a day.
So you know, I'm only havingthat one, that one meat filled
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meal, and everything else ispredominantly and I will say
that because I will get to thatin a moment vegetarian.
And so what constitutes theperfect protein shake and I have
a theory on that, I mean thatis that is basically getting as
much whole food nutrition intothat shaker as you possibly can,
and it starts with a really,really high quality protein
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powder.
So there are tons of them tochoose from.
If you're not vegetarian orvegan, you know you have the
options of whey, you have theoptions of, you know, rice.
If you're not paleo there's.
There's tons of vegetarian andvegan protein powder options and
there's tons of paleo options,whether you're talking about
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bone broth protein powders,whether you're talking about,
you know, vegan seed basedprotein powders, which is what I
happen to have found myfavorite in.
There's a couple differentbrands that I really, really
love.
One is Four Sigmatic.
It's an adaptogen mushroombased protein powder and it is
vegan, but it's got a wholebunch of other extra goodies in
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there for your overall wellness.
Another one that I've alignedwith now as I'm a big fan of
Bryce as I mentioned, I didn'twant to overdo it on the
adaptogenic mushrooms is EpicProtein, and they are limited
ingredient ingredient proteinpowder and they are a limited
ingredient protein powder.
They do suit a paleo diet.
I think it's about sixingredients.
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There's a chocolate, maca,there is a vanilla, lucuma, I
believe, and so they're both,again, limited ingredients.
So you're trying to be as pureas you can with the foods that
you're grinding up into powderform, right.
So there's an element, like Isaid, of tongue in cheek where
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it's.
I don't want to say it'scounterintuitive, but it's
definitely going to be somethingthat is mindful, something that
you have to be mindful of andconscious of and make those
choices that really support yourvalues.
At the end of the day, it's notmy values, it's whatever you
choose, but hopefully it'ssupporting your body, your
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health, your wellness and yourmental and emotional health as
well at the same time.
So, to that end, what else goesinto this magical protein shake
that makes it so healthy?
I personally love to add a greenpowder.
I found a really great one bypaleo Valley, because most green
powders, most you know, whetherit's fruit or vegetables, I
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generally go with the chocolateprotein shake.
So if you are like me, fruitpowders don't go super great
with that.
If you do lean towards afruitier smoothie or you like to
add fruits or vegetables intoyour protein shake, then I
definitely suggest more of avanilla base because it goes
with pretty much everything.
Chocolate kind of aligns reallywell with bananas and peanut
butter, and I can't have peanutbutter anymore and there's a lot
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of sugar in that banana, so I Itypically go chocolate.
And then, like I said, I foundpaleo, a paleo um I believe it's
paleo valley greens powder andthis particular powder doesn't
have cereal grasses, which arein most, most green powder
supplements, and they are yourbarley grass, your wheat grass,
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your alfalfa grass, those typesof grasses that have tons of
health benefits and, like I said, if you're not following a
paleo diet, have at them.
But add a green powder, fruits,vegetables, however many
servings you can get into thatprotein shake that doesn't make
it taste a little bit funky asyou blend it together, is is
just, again, a way to createsustenance in the body.
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Detoxification a lot of timesthey'll be, they'll be aligned
with alkalinity or detoxing.
When you're talking about allthese green powders, hopefully
they may have something likespirulina in them.
So you're getting a little bitof those, those sea plants and
all the benefits from them.
And then I've talked about themin the past are super seeds,
right.
So I have a lovely blend of the, the big, the big hitters chia,
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flax and hemp.
Um, I throw those seeds inthere.
They get a little bit gritty,so I'll give you a heads up.
They don't really break down toa super smooth consistency.
And then, finally, the coup degras of the perfect protein
shake is uh, is shake is thenext little asterisk.
So this is what makes what isright now a vegan protein shake.
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This turns it into a not veganprotein shake and that is a
collagen supplement.
So there are.
We're going to have a briefdiscussion on collagen and that
brief discussion is going to bevery simply collagen is animal
based.
There's no way around it.
Much like when we're talkingabout, you know, our eye creams.
If it doesn't have retinol,it's probably not going to take
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the lines away, right?
Retinol is the big gun, right?
So all these beautiful eyecreams that claim all these
things, you want wrinkles gone.
Retinol is your friend, right?
Don't wear it in the sun, butit's your friend.
When we're talking aboutcollagen, for the same purpose,
or for your bone density, or foryour overall wellness and
boosting of your bone health,your muscle recovery, that type
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of thing, the amino acids, allof those things are in
traditional collagen.
So my favorite is VitalProtein's Matcha Collagen,
because it throws a little bitof caffeine in there.
I get my matcha, my green teafix.
It gives me a little extraboost, it tastes pretty darn
good, it goes pretty well withthe chocolate, I will say, and
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it gives me that collagen thatI'm looking for.
Now, if you are vegetarian orvegan and you're not going to
ruin your vegan protein powder,protein shake with collagen and
you're not going to, you're notgoing to ruin your vegan protein
powder protein shake withcollagen.
There are options that are, youknow, vegetarian or vegan
collagen peptide options, butthey are essentially nutrients
that are going to support yourbody's own ability to create and
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grow these particular acids andthese building blocks of your,
of your insides, right to tostimulate the growth and the
support of your, your glow andyour muscles and your bones and
your strength.
So just bear in mind that whereit says collagen in a vegan or
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vegetarian form, it's it's, it'snot truly collagen.
The collagen supplements canonly come, unfortunately at this
point in time, from animalprotein.
So take that for what you will.
That will be the ruin to thevegan, the vegan protein shake.
All of that being said, let'stalk bases.
So now we have our protein forour get up and go right.
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Our power, our power center,our, our movement, our body
recovery, our, our workoutroutine are the building blocks
of of a healthy diet.
Right, we have our greens, sowe are cleansing, we are
detoxing, we are get making surethat we're coupling all of
those building blocks withelimination of the things that
are no longer serving us fromour body.
We've added a couple superfoods.
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We have our seeds in there andthen, finally, we are going to
throw the collagen, maybe as alittle extra.
Not necessarily have to um, butyou can also go with um a
nutrient support of those samebuilding blocks within the body.
Finally, what are what?
How are?
How are we?
We're just gonna hang out withour powder?
No liquid, no, we need ourliquid.
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I personally love coconut waterfor this, so I it it.
Once you blend all this in, ittastes like nothing.
It tastes like the whateveryou're putting into it.
If it's lower calorie than like, let's say, our milks, it's
also makes the.
There's a lot in that proteinpowder and that protein shake,
so it makes it a little bit lessaggressive.
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As you start to add, let's say,your plant based milks, almond
milk, coconut milk.
You know you're going to have avery, very thick protein shake
and maybe you like that and haveat it, but the calorie content
tends to increase a bit.
I love coconut water becauseit's a little bit less in
calories.
You're getting your all naturalhydration and it's adding that
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hydrating aspect to the proteinshake and it's very, very.
It has a really greatconsistency once it's all
blended together, which is alittle bit lighter, like I said,
than your milk based.
And I personally am not a fanof just plain water because I
think it's it doesn't have anytexture to it, really to to kind
of blend all of those thingstogether.
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So that is my little mantra, ifyou will, on the perfect
protein shake and how I drinktwo of those a day and, and, and
then you know I with thecollagen out of it.
It is vegetarian and I'mlimiting my, my meat consumption
to to dinnertime and I hopethat that you know limits, you
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know it's conscientious abouthow I'm consuming my protein.
It also is taking the proteinaspect to a vegetarian point.
So we're having a little bit ofbalance in the type of protein
that we're putting into the bodyto keep it, to keep it again,
as conscious and as thoughtfulas we possibly can within the
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parameters of our own body'sneeds, requirements, etc.
So I think that anytime youstart to think about what you
put into your body, anytime youthink about what fuels you think
, that, remember, food is fuelAt the end of the day.
That is what it is, and it isso much more because cooking
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brings people together.
Food and family go hand in hand.
I mean, the kitchen is thegathering space in most homes.
Food is huge.
We would die without it.
But also remember that at theend of the day, it's fuel.
So if you ever have theopportunity to make the choice
to say this is what my bodyneeds not necessarily what
tastes the best or notnecessarily you know what's the
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easiest, but I actually have toput a little effort, thought,
practice into how and what Iconsume.
Remember that you're fuelingyour body and I hate to be the
one that says you are what youeat, but trite and true, as I've
said in the past.
So when we're talking about oursolar plexus chakra and we're
talking about empoweringourselves, empowering our lives,
our bodies, our minds, proteinis is a strong base for that and
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and it is versatile in manyways there are lots of different
options.
There are tons of vegetarianoptions, right, if you aren't
paleo, you you can touch on yourdairy options, right, dairy is
a kinder animal protein.
Right, you can talk about yourlegumes, which I can't have, but
beans and legumes in generalchickpeas, I miss.
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Hummus, I love hummus.
Hummus is a wonderful source ofprotein Not high protein
content, but it's there.
So and even whole grains quinoahas high protein content.
So you know, no matter whatdiet aligns with your metabolism
and your body's wants and needs.
There is a protein for you, andit is the building block for
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our existence, and it is withinmoderation, as always, to
protect our kidneys.
It's going to fuel your fire,it's going to empower you and
it's going to be something that,hopefully, you will put thought
and practice into as you movethrough your day.
So I would like to thank you, asalways, for letting me have
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this discussion about nutrientsthat serve you and the perfect
protein shake, and I just wantto say how much I appreciate
every one of you for sharingyour space with me and ask that
you please feel free to sharethe same with your loved ones.
For more goodness, follow me onall the socials at Above the
Ground Podcast, and visit mywebsite, airsaboveyogacom.
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Namaste and welcome to the Divas that Care Network.
I'm your host, gia Raquel Rose,owner of Heirs Above Yoga, and
you are listening to Above theGround podcast.
If this is your first timetuning in, we are in our 15th
year and listen to in over 30countries.
I would like to personallythank you for giving me the gift
of your time.
As always, it is my honor tohold space with you, and our
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sequence for this time of theseason is all about empowerment.
It is all about our solarplexus chakra and it is all
about empowerment.
It is all about our solarplexus chakra and it is all
about the seat of our power.
For those who may miss theprevious couple episodes, and so
to that end, we've beendiscussing not only meditative
(01:15):
ways to tap into your innerpower, yoga postures to help you
fire up or balance out, becausedon't forget that chakras can
be either.
The goal with any chakra is tobring it into balance.
It can be underwhelmed and itcan need a little bit of support
.
Also, you can have dominantchakras that are, that are
(01:36):
overwhelming right.
So the goal of this is to tapinto that power center and
really kind of your inner truestself.
What your mission is what yourgoals are in life, the way to
get from point A to point B, tonot only have the goals but, to,
you know, make them a realityin the world around you, which
is kind of the point, right.
We only get this one preciousexistence.
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So for our nutrition episode,we're going to, you know, talk
about what fuels that inner fire, and I've gone over, you know,
lots of different things talkingabout the chakras and foods
that support the chakras.
And you know the at its basecomponent.
You go by color, right, whichis super literal and super easy
(02:20):
to follow, point and click as itgets right.
If the chakra, which our solarplexus chakra, is aligned with
the color yellow, then we eatyellow foods.
Think bananas, as long asthat's okay with the sugar
content.
Think pineapple.
Same thing, as long as that'sokay with the sugar content.
Think lemon juice in themorning.
Think lemonade if you want toadd a little bit of sweetness to
your afternoon.
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Think yellow peppers.
Think yellow tomatoes.
Think squash.
Think all of those delicious,natural, you know no ingredient
list foods and I say that youknow tongue in cheek because
we're going to get into thatmomentarily but all of these
foods that show up in nature intheir purest form and will help
to align and support the solarplexus chakra and kind of bring
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your awareness right.
So, when we talk about ourchakras, the color association
with them is in support of, tobring awareness to, to be
mindful that your consciousnessis in alignment with that
particular chakra.
So, for solar plexus chakra,you know again, we're gonna wear
yellow.
Right, I happen to have ayellow Jeep Wrangler from many,
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many years ago that I still havein love.
So you know it's, it's aligningwith those, it's a happy color,
right, it's aligning with withthe color of strength, it's
aligning with the color of, ofjoy.
Yellow is a bright, robustcolor and so think of embodying
the qualities of that color asyou tap into that inner power
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within yourself.
Think bright, think robust,think positive, think the good
things, think your core center,think of that inner fire, right?
So when we're talking aboutways to fuel that inner fire and
we're talking about ways tobring to life, to fuel that
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inner fire, and we're talkingabout ways to bring to life, you
know, things from our mind,things from our creativity out
into the outside world, we wantto fuel that and I believe you
know, I believe that protein iskey and I think a lot of people
who are active in the nutritioncommunity, in the, you know, in
the yoga community, maybe in theweightlifting community, in the
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, in these wellness fitnessindustries, protein is a huge,
huge part of that.
It is a building block for ourmuscles, it is supportive of our
bones, it is supportive of ourability to function at our at
our highest level.
Now there is, you know, the thedark side to protein.
Where it's over consumption,it's, it's out of balance, much
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like our chakras.
If you go too far in anydirection and you lose balance,
you move away from, from stasis,which is is the goal, right is
to be, to be balanced, whole andand not too far in any given
direction.
So, to that end, having thisidea of keeping in mind the
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balance between having enoughprotein and not so much that you
start to veer off into thetrajectory of kidney problems,
because that can be a kidney.
It can prevent or provide, Ishould say, a little bit of, it,
can stress the kidneys out andit can too much protein or a
lack of balance in the diet withprotein, heavy diets can lead
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to kidney issues.
And so, always being mindful ofyour intake of protein, your,
your hydration levels.
So, always being mindful ofyour intake of protein, your
hydration levels right, how youconsume your protein, what
proteins you choose are all youknow, very, very body specific
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concerns and criteria.
I hope that they benefit andprovide information for people
to then take the insight, dotheir own deep dive, based on
their own bodies, needs,requirements, restrictions, etc.
So for me personally I was avegetarian for many years, I
would love to still be avegetarian.
I'm an animal lover and itbrings me a lot of pause every
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time I eat meat.
It makes me feel guilty.
I'm not going to lie, I don'thave a lot of guilt in my life.
That is one big area where mefeel guilty.
I'm not going to lie, I don'thave a lot of guilt in my life.
That is one big area where I, I, I feel away, I feel away and
so, because of that, um, for me,and what I want to kind of deep
dive into, are are the process.
So we talked about the foodsthat are ingredient less, that
are that are whole food fruits,vegetables.
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Um, and I will mention, youknow I'm going to start which
came first the egg, right, andeggs get a bad rap for their
cholesterol.
And I will say that kind of alittle rule of thumb that I like
to go for with regard tocholesterol is if it sticks to
the plate, it sticks to yourinsides, right?
So eggs, get a little sticky,mayo, egg based products get a
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little sticky, even.
You know, half and half willstick to the bottom of your
coffee mug.
Let's say you drink coffeeevery day.
So you know, kind of havingthat idea of literal again, what
you see is what you've got,what you bring in is what stays
Right.
But I do believe personally thateggs are a superfood and, you
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know, with the trending jokingmemes about eggs becoming so
expensive recently, it soundslike the world agrees with me.
And they are a staple in manydiets and they are a wonderful
source of protein.
They are not a vegan protein,nor are they a vegetarian
protein technically, althoughyou know you can make the
argument for them, especiallyyou know, if you, if you do
struggle with foods that are,you know, technically not vegan
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but maybe on the on theborderline of vegetarian,
depending on your definition ofthat and your belief systems,
and I honor and respect all.
So I do believe that eggs servea wonderful benefit, again, in
moderation and in balance, and Ithink that they can be a very,
very solid, stable buildingblock for for protein rich diet,
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not a protein heavy diet, but aprotein rich diet.
I think eggs can go a long wayfor people and they taste good
and they are so versatile.
They can go into so manydifferent dishes.
You can eat them.
I love breakfast for dinnerright, who doesn't love
breakfast for dinner?
And if you haven't done that ina while, I encourage you to
have breakfast for dinnerbecause every once in a while
it's just fun.
It's just fun, it's whimsical,so roll with it.
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And I think that eggs, you knowthey even have a yellow yolk.
So when, so far as talkingabout our solar plexus chakra
and empowerment and poweringourselves up and empowering our
day, eggs are a great way to dothat.
You can start your day withthem or you can end your day
with them because of theirversatility.
So, expense, current expenseaside, you know, if you have the
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impulse to raise your ownchickens and the space and the
legality to be able to do sosafely, then I encourage you to
tap into that naturalenvironment and get farm fresh
eggs whenever you can Humanelyraised, obviously, whenever you
can, if you can support thosewho support our livestock in the
best possible way, you know,being conscious, being authentic
(09:10):
and true to yourself so thatyou minimize any impact that you
do have.
And that, you know, brings me tothe conversation about the meat
protein sources.
And you know meat is a proteinand there are lots of people
that eat fish only.
There are lots of people thatyou know feel is a protein, and
there are lots of people thateat fish only.
There are lots of people thatyou know feel a certain way
about red meat.
Um, and and anytime, the onlyhere's what I can say, how I
(09:35):
make this resolution with myself.
I won't speak for anyone elseor their, their belief systems
about it.
I just know that I do strugglewith this personally and I would
prefer to be a vegetarian.
Um, in my heart, 100% in myheart, I would prefer to be a
vegetarian.
When I purchase meat, I do soconsciously and I do my best to
(09:56):
honor that rule of, you know,the yoga rule of ahimsa do no
harm.
It's really hard to rectifythat yogic rule with a diet that
is based on meat.
It's very, very challenging torationalize that one away, that
(10:17):
one away, and so the best that Idid for a while was I would I
would you know eat predominantlyvegetarian and have meat a
couple times a week, a coupletimes a month if I needed like I
felt like my body needed it.
That was before the diagnosisof Hashimoto's, at which point I
really did commit to that paleolifestyle and I do eat meat
almost daily now, which again issomething that I struggle with,
(10:38):
and I try to balance that outwith only one meal which will
bring me into my next point oftopic but and to choose the meat
that I purchase with as muchconscientiousness towards the
welfare of the animal.
Prior to that, I believe it wasJason DeSalvo who said it on my
podcast you know an animal thathad a really great life in one
bad day.
So, as much as it pains me todo that, I will say that, you
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know, purchase local if you can,purchase humane if you can.
Free range is the next great,next best thing, right?
But again, again, trying to beconscious and, as as a reiki
practitioner, you know, I thankevery animal that comes across
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my plate and I, I bless it and Ithank it and I, you know,
apologize to it and I and I.
I practice honoring it in thatmoment, and that might be.
I also have been known to savedragonflies from drowning in the
water.
So you know this is a me thing.
I'm not saying that you don'thave to.
You know you don't have tothank your stake at the end of
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the day, but I do think thatbeing mindful of you, know your
choices, and being conscientiousin supporting businesses, that
it takes extra practice to havehumane free range, and it it's,
as I stutter, supporting thosewho take those extra steps to
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support the animals in my way isthe is the most ethical way
that you can consume somethingthat died for your sustenance.
That's.
I'm going to leave it thereBecause, like I said, it is a
conflict for me and I will if Ican find a way to support my
body.
Maybe, maybe I need to switchto Jason's diet, as he mentioned
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when he was on my podcasttalking about the whole food
plant-based diet.
Maybe that will be in my future, but as it stands right now,
the paleo is supporting myhealth, you know pretty well,
and so I will make my apologiesand say my prayers over my
dinner and thank those that madethe ultimate sacrifice for my
well-being, and that's how Iwill honor them.
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Moving on before I start toshed a tear.
Moving on before I start to sheda tear, talking about the
opposite of the no ingredient tothe limited ingredient or full
ingredient and kind of the deepdive that I wanted to go into
for this particular episode, areprotein powders and protein
shakes, because mycounterbalance to the fact that
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I do have to or I shouldn't sayhave to, but I choose to eat
meat on a daily basis as I'veeliminated a lot of carbohydrate
options from my, from myexistence, is to drink
predominantly vegetarian, veganprotein shakes twice a day.
So you know, I'm only havingthat one, that one meat filled
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meal, and everything else ispredominantly and I will say
that because I will get to thatin a moment vegetarian.
And so what constitutes theperfect protein shake and I have
a theory on that, I mean thatis that is basically getting as
much whole food nutrition intothat shaker as you possibly can,
and it starts with a really,really high quality protein
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powder.
So there are tons of them tochoose from.
If you're not vegetarian orvegan, you know you have the
options of whey, you have theoptions of, you know, rice.
If you're not paleo there's.
There's tons of vegetarian andvegan protein powder options and
there's tons of paleo options,whether you're talking about
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bone broth protein powders,whether you're talking about,
you know, vegan seed basedprotein powders, which is what I
happen to have found myfavorite in.
There's a couple differentbrands that I really, really
love.
One is Four Sigmatic.
It's an adaptogen mushroombased protein powder and it is
vegan, but it's got a wholebunch of other extra goodies in
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there for your overall wellness.
Another one that I've alignedwith now as I'm a big fan of
Bryce as I mentioned, I didn'twant to overdo it on the
adaptogenic mushrooms is EpicProtein, and they are limited
ingredient ingredient proteinpowder and they are a limited
ingredient protein powder.
They do suit a paleo diet.
I think it's about sixingredients.
(14:59):
There's a chocolate, maca,there is a vanilla, lucuma, I
believe, and so they're both,again, limited ingredients.
So you're trying to be as pureas you can with the foods that
you're grinding up into powderform, right.
So there's an element, like Isaid, of tongue in cheek where
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it's.
I don't want to say it'scounterintuitive, but it's
definitely going to be somethingthat is mindful, something that
you have to be mindful of andconscious of and make those
choices that really support yourvalues.
At the end of the day, it's notmy values, it's whatever you
choose, but hopefully it'ssupporting your body, your
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health, your wellness and yourmental and emotional health as
well at the same time.
So, to that end, what else goesinto this magical protein shake
that makes it so healthy?
I personally love to add a greenpowder.
I found a really great one bypaleo Valley, because most green
powders, most you know, whetherit's fruit or vegetables, I
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generally go with the chocolateprotein shake.
So if you are like me, fruitpowders don't go super great
with that.
If you do lean towards afruitier smoothie or you like to
add fruits or vegetables intoyour protein shake, then I
definitely suggest more of avanilla base because it goes
with pretty much everything.
Chocolate kind of aligns reallywell with bananas and peanut
butter, and I can't have peanutbutter anymore and there's a lot
(16:26):
of sugar in that banana, so I Itypically go chocolate.
And then, like I said, I foundpaleo, a paleo um I believe it's
paleo valley greens powder andthis particular powder doesn't
have cereal grasses, which arein most, most green powder
supplements, and they are yourbarley grass, your wheat grass,
(16:48):
your alfalfa grass, those typesof grasses that have tons of
health benefits and, like I said, if you're not following a
paleo diet, have at them.
But add a green powder, fruits,vegetables, however many
servings you can get into thatprotein shake that doesn't make
it taste a little bit funky asyou blend it together, is is
just, again, a way to createsustenance in the body.
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Detoxification a lot of timesthey'll be, they'll be aligned
with alkalinity or detoxing.
When you're talking about allthese green powders, hopefully
they may have something likespirulina in them.
So you're getting a little bitof those, those sea plants and
all the benefits from them.
And then I've talked about themin the past are super seeds,
right.
So I have a lovely blend of the, the big, the big hitters chia,
(17:32):
flax and hemp.
Um, I throw those seeds inthere.
They get a little bit gritty,so I'll give you a heads up.
They don't really break down toa super smooth consistency.
And then, finally, the coup degras of the perfect protein
shake is uh, is shake is thenext little asterisk.
So this is what makes what isright now a vegan protein shake.
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This turns it into a not veganprotein shake and that is a
collagen supplement.
So there are.
We're going to have a briefdiscussion on collagen and that
brief discussion is going to bevery simply collagen is animal
based.
There's no way around it.
Much like when we're talkingabout, you know, our eye creams.
If it doesn't have retinol,it's probably not going to take
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the lines away, right?
Retinol is the big gun, right?
So all these beautiful eyecreams that claim all these
things, you want wrinkles gone.
Retinol is your friend, right?
Don't wear it in the sun, butit's your friend.
When we're talking aboutcollagen, for the same purpose,
or for your bone density, or foryour overall wellness and
boosting of your bone health,your muscle recovery, that type
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of thing, the amino acids, allof those things are in
traditional collagen.
So my favorite is VitalProtein's Matcha Collagen,
because it throws a little bitof caffeine in there.
I get my matcha, my green teafix.
It gives me a little extraboost, it tastes pretty darn
good, it goes pretty well withthe chocolate, I will say, and
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it gives me that collagen thatI'm looking for.
Now, if you are vegetarian orvegan and you're not going to
ruin your vegan protein powder,protein shake with collagen and
you're not going to, you're notgoing to ruin your vegan protein
powder protein shake withcollagen.
There are options that are, youknow, vegetarian or vegan
collagen peptide options, butthey are essentially nutrients
that are going to support yourbody's own ability to create and
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grow these particular acids andthese building blocks of your,
of your insides, right to tostimulate the growth and the
support of your, your glow andyour muscles and your bones and
your strength.
So just bear in mind that whereit says collagen in a vegan or
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vegetarian form, it's it's, it'snot truly collagen.
The collagen supplements canonly come, unfortunately at this
point in time, from animalprotein.
So take that for what you will.
That will be the ruin to thevegan, the vegan protein shake.
All of that being said, let'stalk bases.
So now we have our protein forour get up and go right.
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Our power, our power center,our, our movement, our body
recovery, our, our workoutroutine are the building blocks
of of a healthy diet.
Right, we have our greens, sowe are cleansing, we are
detoxing, we are get making surethat we're coupling all of
those building blocks withelimination of the things that
are no longer serving us fromour body.
We've added a couple superfoods.
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We have our seeds in there andthen, finally, we are going to
throw the collagen, maybe as alittle extra.
Not necessarily have to um, butyou can also go with um a
nutrient support of those samebuilding blocks within the body.
Finally, what are what?
How are?
How are we?
We're just gonna hang out withour powder?
No liquid, no, we need ourliquid.
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I personally love coconut waterfor this, so I it it.
Once you blend all this in, ittastes like nothing.
It tastes like the whateveryou're putting into it.
If it's lower calorie than like, let's say, our milks, it's
also makes the.
There's a lot in that proteinpowder and that protein shake,
so it makes it a little bit lessaggressive.
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As you start to add, let's say,your plant based milks, almond
milk, coconut milk.
You know you're going to have avery, very thick protein shake
and maybe you like that and haveat it, but the calorie content
tends to increase a bit.
I love coconut water becauseit's a little bit less in
calories.
You're getting your all naturalhydration and it's adding that
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hydrating aspect to the proteinshake and it's very, very.
It has a really greatconsistency once it's all
blended together, which is alittle bit lighter, like I said,
than your milk based.
And I personally am not a fanof just plain water because I
think it's it doesn't have anytexture to it, really to to kind
of blend all of those thingstogether.
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So that is my little mantra, ifyou will, on the perfect
protein shake and how I drinktwo of those a day and, and, and
then you know I with thecollagen out of it.
It is vegetarian and I'mlimiting my, my meat consumption
to to dinnertime and I hopethat that you know limits, you
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know it's conscientious abouthow I'm consuming my protein.
It also is taking the proteinaspect to a vegetarian point.
So we're having a little bit ofbalance in the type of protein
that we're putting into the bodyto keep it, to keep it again,
as conscious and as thoughtfulas we possibly can within the
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parameters of our own body'sneeds, requirements, etc.
So I think that anytime youstart to think about what you
put into your body, anytime youthink about what fuels you think
, that, remember, food is fuelAt the end of the day.
That is what it is, and it isso much more because cooking
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brings people together.
Food and family go hand in hand.
I mean, the kitchen is thegathering space in most homes.
Food is huge.
We would die without it.
But also remember that at theend of the day, it's fuel.
So if you ever have theopportunity to make the choice
to say this is what my bodyneeds not necessarily what
tastes the best or notnecessarily you know what's the
(23:15):
easiest, but I actually have toput a little effort, thought,
practice into how and what Iconsume.
Remember that you're fuelingyour body and I hate to be the
one that says you are what youeat, but trite and true, as I've
said in the past.
So when we're talking about oursolar plexus chakra and we're
talking about empoweringourselves, empowering our lives,
our bodies, our minds, proteinis is a strong base for that and
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and it is versatile in manyways there are lots of different
options.
There are tons of vegetarianoptions, right, if you aren't
paleo, you you can touch on yourdairy options, right, dairy is
a kinder animal protein.
Right, you can talk about yourlegumes, which I can't have, but
beans and legumes in generalchickpeas, I miss.
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Hummus, I love hummus.
Hummus is a wonderful source ofprotein Not high protein
content, but it's there.
So and even whole grains quinoahas high protein content.
So you know, no matter whatdiet aligns with your metabolism
and your body's wants and needs.
There is a protein for you, andit is the building block for
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our existence, and it is withinmoderation, as always, to
protect our kidneys.
It's going to fuel your fire,it's going to empower you and
it's going to be something that,hopefully, you will put thought
and practice into as you movethrough your day.
So I would like to thank you, asalways, for letting me have
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this discussion about nutrientsthat serve you and the perfect
protein shake, and I just wantto say how much I appreciate
every one of you for sharingyour space with me and ask that
you please feel free to sharethe same with your loved ones.
For more goodness, follow me onall the socials at Above the
Ground Podcast, and visit mywebsite, airsaboveyogacom.
As always, don't forget tocheck out my other episodes and
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