We’re happy to present an interview we had with Buena Vista’s happy and healthy nutritional expert, Liz Morgan. Liz loves our food, and we love that Liz loves it. Health is the most important aspect of what we do at House Rock Kitchen, and it’s great to have a pro nearby to send our customers to when they want to learn more, or make changes to their diet.
We’re Meant for Meat
An Interview with Nutritional Therapist, Liz Morgan
An Interview with Nutritional Therapist, Liz Morgan
What do you do?
I’m a nutritional therapist and owner of Liz Morgan Nutrition. I work with people to identify their underlying health concerns. Sometimes, they’re eating food they’re allergic or sensitive to. Sometimes, they’re eating too many artificial ingredients or simply the wrong balance of food. I help them figure out what’s going on in their body, whether it’s digestive dysfunction, sugar handling dysfunction, or malnourishment. I then customize protocols for each client to address exactly what their body needs.
I’m a nutritional therapist and owner of Liz Morgan Nutrition. I work with people to identify their underlying health concerns. Sometimes, they’re eating food they’re allergic or sensitive to. Sometimes, they’re eating too many artificial ingredients or simply the wrong balance of food. I help them figure out what’s going on in their body, whether it’s digestive dysfunction, sugar handling dysfunction, or malnourishment. I then customize protocols for each client to address exactly what their body needs.
What’s the Difference Between Vegetarianism and Veganism?
These two terms often get lumped together, even in scientific literature. But, they’re very different. Vegetarians, if they eat pasture-raised dairy and farm-fresh eggs, get a lot of the same nutrients that people who eat meat and fish get. Vegans, however, don’t get the fat-soluble vitamins or cholesterol important for every function in the body.
Most vegetarians are deficient in zinc, B12, A, D, and K2 vitamins and would have to eat a lot of dairy and eggs to even approach being fully nourished. Their bodies are then having to work really hard just to have the basic nutrients. For example, B12 requires some of the fat-soluble vitamins found in meat to metabolize in the body.
Why is it Important to Include Meat in Your Diet?
There’s this huge idea that being vegetarian or vegan is healthier than eating meat, even though there’s science that proves this isn’t true. It’s important to understand that humans are evolutionarily omnivores. Our whole digestive system is just like other predators and very different from true herbivores.
Unfortunately, meat and meat fat—saturated fat and cholesterol—have gotten an unfair and bad reputation. Our body makes cholesterol, which is found in every cell of the body. This cholesterol is very important for nutrient transfer, brain health, and heart health. While vegetarians’ bodies can make this cholesterol, too, they’re using all the nutrients from their other food to do it, causing the body undue stress and a major depletion of those other necessary nutrients.
Eating meat and meat fat makes the body’s job of operating so much easier. While a lot of vegetarians feel good when they first begin their diet, their body eventually plummets because their often high-starch and carb heavy diets—absent of animal proteins—screw up the gut by changing its microbiomes. This can lead to immune function problems, mental disorders, autoimmune disorders, heart disease, cancer, hormonal imbalances, infertility, weight gain, insulin problems, and more.
Learn more about Liz Morgan at www.LizMorganNutrition.com.