We just had our first workshop of the year, working with vegetarian protein with the older kids.

Here’s a brief overview of the things we taught the kids:

• What being a “vegetarian” means, and why someone would choose to be one.
• The importance of protein in the diet and sources of meatless protein
  • It helps to break down food in the stomach, chemical messengers in the body, build bones, muscles, teeth, skin, fingernails, etc.
  • All foods have protein but good sources include soybeans, lentils, black beans, etc.
• What a complete protein is
  • Explained amino acid as a building block to proteins and that some sources have all the building blocks and some do not
  • Meat is an example of a complete protein where it contains all the building blocks
  • Vegetarian protein sources generally do not and need to be eaten in combination to obtain all the nutrients we need:
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We ended the day by making wraps!

Pass our lessons on to kids that you know and help spread the knowledge about nutrition and healthy eating!

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