🧨 The Protein You Should Never Put in Your Body

Hope your week has been smooth, hydrated, and at least 80% free of mystery ingredients you can’t pronounce.

Today we’re diving into a topic that made my jaw drop: the world’s worst protein — and why the “healthy” plant-protein trend might be hiding something… chewy.

Grab your lemon water, this one’s wild. 🍋

🧩 Main Feature: The Worst Protein in the World and the Detox Truth Behind It

(A fun, science-backed breakdown you’ll want to forward to a friend…)

If you’ve ever heard of textured vegetable protein (TVP) — the stuff often marketed as a “healthy plant-based meat alternative” buckle up. Because once you understand what it is, you’ll see why bacon suddenly looks like a saint.

Let’s break it down detox-style.

🥣 1. TVP: Born in a Factory, Not a Farm

TVP starts as defatted soy flour not the cute kind of soy you picture on a farm.

To strip the fat from soy, manufacturers wash it with hexane, a chemical also found in gasoline.

Yes, gasoline.

People will tell you “Don’t worry, it evaporates!”

But… there are no independent studies proving there’s zero residue.

And personally, if my food needs to “air out” before I eat it… that’s a red flag.

⚙️ 2. Next Step: High Heat + Mechanical Reshaping

After hexane extraction, the soy is:

• Super-heated to nearly 400°F

• Pushed through machinery

• Restructured into spongy, meat-like chunks

Basically the culinary equivalent of sending food to a bootcamp where it comes back unrecognizable.

🧪 3. Bleaching, Deodorizing, and “Fixing the Smell”

The raw product smells… not great.

So they bleach it with hydrogen peroxide or titanium dioxide, deodorize it, and then recolor it so it looks edible again.

🌈 4. Oil Bath + Artificial Flavors

TVP chunks are then rehydrated in seed oils (corn, canola, soybean oil — pick your poison) and flavored with dozens of lab-made flavor compounds to make it taste like meat.

Not one flavoring.

Not two.

More like… 50.

This is why the taste is so “convincing” and so addictive.

🧨 5. Heavy Metals + GMOs + Glyphosate

Tests have shown TVP can contain:

• Lead

• Arsenic

• Cadmium

🥩 So Why Is This Marketed as “Healthy”?

The magic words:

• “Low saturated fat”

• “No cholesterol”

• “High protein”

The same outdated criteria used by groups pushing plant-only diets.

Meanwhile, real food proteins like grass-fed beef, eggs, collagen, sardines, and organic chicken contain:

• B vitamins

• Iron

• Zinc

• Complete amino acid profiles

And zero hexane, bleach, or deodorizer.

🌿 Detox Takeaway of the Week

If it requires:

• A chemical bath

• A deodorizing step

• Bleaching

• Artificial flavors

And a marketing team to convince you it’s healthy…

…it’s probably not something your body wants to detox from inside your body.

📱 Micro Social Content:

💬 If your protein needs deodorizing before you eat it… it’s not protein.

💬 Detox isn’t about restriction. It’s about removing what slows you down and adding what lights you up.

💬 Eat foods your great-grandmother would recognize — not ones that need a 12-step industrial makeover.

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💌 Outro

Thanks for reading, fam.

If you learned something, share this newsletter with one person who still thinks TVP is ‘healthy.’

And if you have a topic you want me to cover next, just hit reply — I always read your messages.

Stay vibrant and detox smart. 🌿✨

— Natural The Cure Newsletter