Steadfast Nutrition

Proteins are the building block of life which composed of long chain of amino acids . It is one of the most important nutrient that requires for building muscles, bone, tendons, skin, hair and other tissue development. Its requirement varies depending upon the individual’s age, gender, physical activity hormone production etc.They are constructed of nitrogen-containing amino acids. Based on the requirement in body, there are 20 amino acids among them 9 are essential while remaining are non-essential or conditionally non essential.The essential ones are taken from outside sources as the body does not have enzymes for their synthesis while non essential ones are synthesised by our body no need to take from external sources. The absence of any essential amino acids result in improper development, body may loss efficiency to repair the damaged muscles. The protein can be derive either from plants or animals. Plant sources lacks one or two amino acids that’s why it is know as inco...

Body require a saturated fat in nominal quantity as its excess intake is directly related to non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes etc. Unsaturated fatty are also of 2 types such as Monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) and Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA). PUFA is also consist of Omega- 6 and Omega -3 fatty acids . The main omega 3s in fish oil are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and the omega-3 in plant sources is mainly alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). Though ALA is an important essential fatty acid, EPA and DHA have many more health benefits. So, the health status dependent upon the type of fat consumed on a daily basis.. Mainly, vegan diets are rich in saturated fats and almost deficient in unsaturated fats. So, this imbalance of dietary fat intake increases the risk of non-communicable disease. Sources of MUFA are olive oil, peanuts, sesame oil, avocado etc. and PUFA are safflower oil, sunflower oil, fishe...