Plant-Based Foods to Boost Your Iron Intake
Plant-based diets decrease your risk for cardiometabolic disease and often improve high-risk health markers. Creating a well-balanced plant-based diet requires mindful planning. Most new vegans focus so much on their protein intake but fall short on iron.
6 Seeds to Boost Your Protein Intake
Beginning in your 30s, you lose between 3% and 6% of lean muscle mass per year. You probably won’t see or feel the difference until your mid to late 40s. Increasing strength training and protein intake helps to offset this decline. For most adults, consuming 1 or 2 more grams of protein each meal and snack is enough. Instead of eating larger portions of meat and seafood, turn to the protein in seeds.