Detox The Body

Many blogs and magazine articles are about detoxification of the body and many people are wondering what that actually means. Can you really rid your body of toxins by eating certain foods or by fasting, or is it all just exaggerated hype that certain corporations are once again trying to use to sell their magic bullets?

In fact, there are countless suppliers of detox teas, detox tablets and detox cures that advertise on the internet. So what's the deal with the detox craze?

Food And Attitude: Are Vegetarians The Better People?

Vegetarians and vegans have fewer prejudices. They also prefer to be treated as equals, while among meat eaters, a larger proportion tend to favor authority and hierarchical structures.

This is the result of a survey by the University of Mainz among almost 1,400 people. The differences can be found across all age groups, but are more pronounced in men than in women. 

Cause, Effect And Wild Speculation

Are Exercise And A Vegetarian Diet Compatible?

More and more people are choosing not to eat meat, eating vegetarian food or just significantly reducing their meat consumption.

This is more than just a trend, but a development that can be explained, among other things, by the desire for a healthy life and a healthy diet. Every now and then you hear the rumor that a vegetarian diet is less suitable for athletes, but is that really true?

Sporty Without Meat   

In fact, this rumor is just a rumor. Depending on the sport you play, a meat-free diet can be healthy and beneficial even for competitive athletes. So what do you have to watch out for?

5 Forms Of Vegetarian Diet

People are very different – so are vegetarians. When someone adopts a vegetarian diet, it can mean many things. For some, vegetarianism is a kind of worldview and conviction.For others, the meatless diet is simply a way of eating healthily. Just as the reasons for vegetarianism can be very different, so are its manifestations and the forms of vegetarian nutrition.

Different Forms Of Vegetarian Diet

Basically, every vegetarian must decide for themselves what kind of vegetarian diet they consider ideal for themselves and what principles they follow. In general, four to five variants and forms of vegetarian nutrition are distinguished, depending on the source.

Life Without Meat

Food industry scandals are always about meat. One time it's BSE, another time chicken flu, and then you hear that horsemeat is used in lasagne instead of beef. More and more people in Europe are therefore deciding to eat vegetarian food, or at least to severely limit their meat consumption. In general, life without meat is considered to be rather healthy and for many people their health is also the reason for not eating meat.

In Germany alone there are currently an estimated six million vegetarians. Unlike 20 years ago, it is now also chic to eat meat-free. Most restaurants offer very creative and tasty vegetarian alternatives to the classics on the menu.

Where to get it: vegans and vitamin B12

In the discussion about how healthy a vegan or vegetarian diet is, meat eaters have one strong argument in particular: vitamin B12, spelled out: cobalamin. It has not been reliably detected in any plant source.If it is missing, severe deficiency symptoms threaten. If sea buckthorn or algae were considered the answer to the riddle for a while, it later turned out that the laboratory samples were contaminated.

In other cases, the measuring methods had determined substances that are very similar to the vitamin but unfortunately cannot take over its function in the body. So how can a vegan provide themselves with this vital substance?

Cobalamin: The meat vitamin

Prevent Arterioclerosis With Vitamin K

Arteriosclerosis is the number one disease of civilization: It indirectly causes almost a quarter of all deaths in Germany via heart attacks, strokes and pulmonary embolism.It is not a typical disease of old age: the first deposits in the blood vessels can be found as early as twenty years of age. But you can prevent calcification: with vitamin K.

More Vitamin K, Fewer Heart Attacks

In addition to its important role in blood clotting, vitamin K is also involved in a number of other processes in the body. Above all, there seems to be a connection with the risk of atherosclerosis, as the Rotterdam study shows.