A Pure Recipe from Théos

|Ready to find the best recipe for a day at the gym & an eye-catching discussion that you will thank me for?!

Oh, my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee
And I detest all my sins
Because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell 
But most of all because I love Thee, 
And I want so badly to be good

by Madonna – Click here to play

Fundamental to our existence – or at least recomforting for many of us – is the idea of a perfect God or a fruitful Universe. Yet, we – humans – are far from perfect & we would still be far from it even if we knew where is the Holy Grail! The Holy Grail, which I am talking about does not represent the eternity, but a Healthy Diet.

A Pure Recipe from Théos – which means God – is about opening your life – or mouth?! – to the truth that only a few have the courage to say & to get you out of the dark crowd of contemporary modus – moda /pt/, mode /fr/ – while making you think about a diaita –  meaning diet – which must be balanced between what we want to achieve & what is ideal to maintain our health status.

A diet with a great amount of proteins in all meals, with an amount of carbs adapted to the energeny expendure of each person & based on minimally processed products as meat, fish, eggs, fruit, legumes, dry fruits, whole grains and low fat dairy products*

…is the best way to fill our hopes for a healthy #BeYOUtiul body & mind.

*in VOGUE PORTUGAL N.º189 Julho 2018, words of Pedro Carvalho – Nutritionist

In that state of mind, A Pure Recipe from Théos, gives you a great present from the Gods – an amazing recipe that I adapted from Village Bakery {see here the original} while changing most of the unhealthy ingredients & replace it with plant protein powder from That Protein. For the first time, I made something like that in order to share with some of you & special some of my #instafollowers – as @soraia_filipa_g & @sruesvaenraie – who love to workout/gym as much as I do.

Let’s have a look?

With only these 5 ingredients & few steps, it is a perfect recipe to initiate your baking life & boosting your energy before gym:

• 1 ½ cup crushed organic cereals crunchy chocolate
• 1 can (14 oz) low fat condensed milk
• 3 dessert spoons of That Protein Blissful Brown Rice and Raw Cacao Super Protein
• 1 dessert spoon of That Protein Nutty Nutty Peanut Butter Super Protein
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• Mix these ingredients together
• After mixing well, place in a 9×13″ glass pan and bake at 80º C for about 45 minutes.
• In the end, place in another recipient & let it cool
• After a while, it will gain consistency

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THE PLUS – your muscles & body will thank you as these plant protein powder are made in the best way possible to take care of your body:

That Protein is in accordance with the best procedures scientifically reported*

They are a premium organic plant protein powders and superfoods in one amazing product. Natural and organic, cold pressed and pure. Never processed by heat over 40 degrees.

*Foods 2014, 3, 394-402; doi:10.3390/foods3030394 | Food Chemistry 194 (2016) 1089–1094; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.08.126 | Plant Biotechnology Journal (2018) 16, pp. 4–17; doi: 10.1111/pbi.12848

That Protein Blissful Brown Rice and Raw Cacao Super Protein*

It is free from added sugars, sweeteners, flavourings, dairy & gluten while preserving the delicious taste of chocolatey organic raw cacao & its physicochemical properties & antioxidant capacity. Many studies are showing a positive health benefit from the consumption of cacao-containing foods. For instance, cacao may lower blood pressure, resulting in a lower risk of cardiovascular disease; reverse endothelial dysfunction; inhibit epinephrine-stimulated platelet activation & ameliorate insulin sensitivity via improving B-cell function. Besides all of the benefits, you have to consume this as part of a healthy varied diet and in accordance to your aims. Also, if you have any health condition – as a metabolic disorder or other – you must mark an appointment with your medical doctor to ask if this is right for you.
Regarding this subject, you must have the notion that there are no magical ingredients/food & sometimes what fits perfectly my body, doesn’t fit yours. A good example is the case of a person sensitised to nickel, which has a strict diet & cannot consume cacao!!! OK?!
In addition to cacao, this so-called superfood is blended with the complete amino acid punch of organic brown rice protein, which is a huge advantage to whey proteins!

*Food Chemistry 194 (2016) 1089–1094; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.08.126 | Teas, Cocoa and Coffee: Plant Secondary Metabolites and Health; https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444347098.ch7 | European Heart Journal, Volume 31, Issue 13, 1 July 2010, Pages 1616–1623,https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehq068

That Protein Nutty Nutty Peanut Butter Super Protein*

It is a blend of peanut flour, organic pea protein, organic chia powder and organic palmyra nectar – it is an Indian delicious sweetness & I have to say that this powder even with a simple cup of milk is marvellous!! –  which helps to build & maintain muscles. The Plus – between other things – is the fact that reduce tiredness and fatigue – and I really can feel it if I consume before the gym.
Are you craving now for the proven health benefits? So, the studies say that peanuts are a valuable source of nutrients & even might be very important to help malnutrition, especially undernutrition, in developing countries.  Peanut kernels, on average, contain 48% fat, 26% protein, 17% carbohydrates, 2% fibre, 2% ash, and 1% of vitamins and minerals which include vitamin E, niacin, folate, manganese, magnesium, and phytosterols, which have been associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and reduce consumption.
When it comes to another trendy ingredient – CHIA, which has been applied to powders, nutrition bars, bread, and cookies – its profile is a temple built of fatty acids – where ALA is the majority – plus essential amino acids and minerals – where Magnesium, potassium and calcium are major elements while iron and Zinc were also found in the studies. Meanwhile, rutin, p-anisic acid, and hesperidin were the major polyphenolic compounds in chia.
In spite of all of these, the crazy search for the perfect body blind us  – with the help of a society full of ideals – & we lose the angle of the thing – saying better, our angle becomes a tiny sharp angle (by all means) – while not thinking about our conditions or from where the products are coming from & without researching about the brand that we are buying.

*Foods 2018, 7, 112; doi:10.3390/foods7070112 | Food Sci Nutr. 2017;5:1065–1071; doi: 10.1002/fsn3.491 

THAT PROTEIN FEELS SAFE AFTER MY SEARCH FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION WITH NO DISEASE & FOR ME, IT IS EVEN HELPING ME TO ACHIEVE MY GYM GOALS.

However, any product you buy, you must know all the important things about it. Did you know cacao can accumulate Cadmium (Cd) – it is considered to be one of the most toxic metals that exhibit adverse effects on all biological processes – and the major source of it seems to be atmospheric deposition from industries, sewage sludge, and fertilizers or also present in the environment due to natural sources such as volcanic eruptions?! Also, make sure you know that you do not have an allergy to the components present on products. These are some examples of some of the many reasons why we should buy just the products that we trust.* 

*Environmental Pollution 229 (2017) 950e963; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.080 | Epidemiol. Infect., Page 1 of 10; doi:10.1017/S0950268817000504

Well, I know that “girls they just wanna have some fun”, but when it comes to what we place inside our body, all of us – girls or not – must be far far away from the crazy diets & promises of a perfect body that will never exist.

AT THE END, WHAT IS PERFECTION?

Never Forget | #BeHealthy #BeYOUty ♥

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Uma Receita de Théos

Uma Receita de Théos - que significa Deus - é sobre algumas dicas para uma vida mais saudável,
enquando fugindo a todas aquelas dietas malucas que prometem o tal corpo que desejas e que no fim
do dia todos devemos fugir. Afinal, o que é o corpo perfeito? Certamente para mim é uma coisa, para
ti é outra. Pensando - far far way - do que a nossa sociedade dita e abraçando o que o nosso corpo
precisa no que toca a uma vida saudável, revejo-me nas palavras do nutricionista Pedro Carvalho na edição 
de Agosto da Vogue Portugal: "Uma dieta com boa quantidade de proteínas em todas as refeições, com uma
quantidade de hidratos de carbono ajustada ao gasto energético de cada pessoa e baseada em produtos 
minimanente processados como carne, peixe, ovos, fruta, legumes, frutos secos, cerais integrais e laticínios magros"...
"é o conselho mais acertado que o Nutricionista nos deixa." 

Assim, para a população geral sem problemas de saúde e com objetivo de aumentar a massa múscular - fazendo ginásio -
e de melhorar a qualidade da nossa vida, deixo abaixo uma receita - recorrendo a produtos da #ThatProtein que 
reestruturei e que uso, por vezes, antes de fazer ginásio:
 - 1 ½ organic cerais crunchy chocolate; 1 ½ copo leite condensado; 3 colheres de sobremesa that protein chocolate;
1 colher de that protein amendein; 1 copo de nozes picadas.

Apesar de estes produtos serem seguros e terem benefícios de saúde para a MAIORIA da população, nunca de esqueça de 
falar com o seu Médico para ver se é adequado aos seus objectivos. Além disso, se não conhecer determinada marca
- não a consuma só porque faz parte dos tendy ingredientes - a não ser que se certifique que não lhe vais fazer mal.
Muitas vezes, até o local de origem influencia o beneficio que irá retirar do produto!
Bom, eu sei que "gils they just wanna have some fun" - certo Madonna? - mas quanto a questão é saúde - rapariga ou não -
pense 2, 3 ou até 4 vezes antes de entrar no mundo das crazy diets ou fack products, ou até das promessas de corpo perfeito
que nunca respeitam a tua identidade. Além disso, o que é o corpo perfeito?!
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