The Protein Myth

Is Getting Enough Protein a Myth?

Most likely you’ve been told that protein is the most important nutrient, that you can only get it from meat, you can’t build muscle without protein, that you need lots of protein daily and if you’re a vegetarian, vegan or raw foodist, perhaps asked ‘where do you get your protein?’.

Fact is, these are myths.

You see, the human body requires a moderate amount of protein. If you eat the standard American diet (S.A.D.) you are more likely getting too much protein, along with excess fat and complex carbohydrates that is evidenced in our quite high and rising obesity rates.

Mother’s milk, the essential food for babies during their fastest growth spurts, averages just 7% of its calories from protein. This complete food allows an infant to amazingly grow by as much as 12 pounds in just 6 months.

Yes, healthy and complete protein is an important part of your diet. It was the first nutrient to be discovered and named and is vital to building, repairing and maintaining tissues in your body. Amino acids and are the building blocks of protein and 9 of the 20 amino acids that the body itself can’t produce is synthesized through the food we eat.

These amino acids can abundantly be found in plant based foods, where the animals get them, like cabbage, broccoli, cucumbers, tomatoes, kale and many more plant foods.

Occupy Together

Now is the time...

Time to stand up for what is right! We are the 99% of the population that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the "Rich" 1%.

OCCUPY TOGETHER is an unofficial hub for all of the events springing up across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall St. They have followed news on facebook, twitter, and various live feeds across the internet. They built a site that would help spread the word as more protests are being organized across the world. Occupy together hope to provide people with information about events that are organizing, ongoing, and building across the entire world as we, the 99%, take action against the greed and corruption of the 1%.

There are many Operations happening around the world. The South African Chapter is named 

OCCUPY SOUTH AFRICA - OPERATION UBUNTU    facebook.com/occupysa

Their Mission

From the 15th of October we want to see people flood into South African cities' allocated spaces, (for the Johannesburg section, the meeting will take place in  Sandton, Exchange Square)  set up general assembly points, public educational areas, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy the public spaces in front of the allocated focal points - not the buildings themselves. 15 October is only the beginning, the start of the occupation, so to those who say: "It is too short notice!" - let your people know and join in as soon as you can. The date of the 15th was decided worldwide - not locally. We are in Unity with all the people on this planet who has said: "Enough is Enough". We have just woken up in our masses and realised - Hey - we are being controlled by corruption and greed - something is wrong with this picture. The 1% of people who own and control everything and who are trying to keep the masses enslaved and asleep has to know that we see through their game. We do not have the answers yet - we'll work on it together to restore a fair and humane society flourishing in freedom. All we definitely agree upon is that something is not right.

The Zeitgeist Movement Mission Statement

This is The Zeitgeist Movement Mission Statement taken straight from the website. If you aren't familiar with what The Zeitgeist Movement is or what it represents then this should give you a good idea! 

The Zeitgeist Movement Mission Statement

[Updated April 24th '11] 

Founded in 2008, The Zeitgeist Movement is a Sustainability Advocacy Organization which conducts community based activism and awareness actions through a network of Global/Regional Chapters, Project Teams, Annual Events, Media and Charity Work.

The Movement's principle focus includes the recognition that the majority of the social problems which plague the human species at this time are not the sole result of some institutional corruption, scarcity, a political policy, a flaw of "human nature" or other commonly held assumptions of causality in the activist community. Rather, The Movement recognizes that issues such as poverty, corruption, collapse, homelessness, war, starvation and the like appear to be "Symptoms" born out of an outdated social structure. 

The Venus Project VS Communism

A lot of the statements I get when talking about the Venus Project is that "It sounds like COMMUNISM!"

Well let's clear it up! COMMUNISM has:

1. A Government
2. Laws
3. Currency
4. Trade
5. Police
6. The Military
7. Nuclear Weapons
8. Crime

The Definition reads: "Advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community. In practice a single authoritarian party controls both the political and economic systems."

Communism has money, banks, armies, police, prisons, charismatic personalities, social stratification, and is managed by appointed leaders.

We are all the same…

I’m just someone online with a voice, just like the rest of you. I believe in open communication, intelligent discussions and that we are all interconnected, no matter what imaginary boundaries we try to set up. we will eventually start needing to look at things from a universal point of view, that will be the next step in the survival of our species. We all need each other to ensure that happens. Our current step is to work on things on a global level, and realise that we all fundamentally want the same things: Survival of ourselves and our loved ones, and to enjoy our existence. This main goal of life crosses all beliefs in the world. No matter your faith, no matter what you believe politically, no matter how much or how little money you make. We all have the same desire to exist.

So…. here is what I think is a good plan of action

Hello World!

Hi my name is Studium! I’m new to this so I hope you enjoy!

I started this whole “Blogging” thing because I watched the AWESOME Zeitgeist movies and wanted to share my thoughts as well as summarize the documentaries in a readable form. Now for those of you who have watched the Zeitgeist movies, good for you! I hope you enjoyed them and took what they said into consideration. These blogs are pretty much those movies in Century Gothic font (well originally written in Century Gothic font on Word). For those of you who haven’t yet watched these films, DO IT! DO IT NOW! It’ll save you from having to read these! And remember to visit these websites:  

www.thezeitgeistmovement.com

www.zeitgeistmovie.com 

www.thevenusproject.com

  I’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have! <3