Summer is coming, time for you to eat mycoprotein! 

Proteins, proteins, proteins – we all know by now how important a protein-rich diet is. “That’s exactly why a vegan diet is not suitable for us humans,”… says my grandpa. But he hasn’t heard of mycoprotein as an alternative to meat either! This contributes sustainably to a healthy diet and a top body. The best example: rats.

Did you know that they have tried to feed fat rats with mycoprotein? Oh sorry, I mean “overweight” rats…Some of those rats were fed mycoprotein within a high fat diet and they lost weight, while the ones just eating a high fat diet didn’t.¹  That means if you don’t want to live the rest of your life as a fat rat, eat mycoproteins: Even though, focusing on health aspects of your diet not only weight management or calories might be a good idea.  

Losing weight with mycoprotein? 

But how does that work? It’s all a question of genes. But lucky you, it doesn’t depend on whether you won the gene lottery and are one of those people who have abs even if they are eating sh*t. What we mean by genes is that some regulate fat synthesis and fat breakage. What mycoprotein does is to “downregulate” the ones that synthesis fat – the ones that makes you fat – and “upregulate” the ones that breaks fats – so the one that makes you not fat.² 

If you are someone who loves their sweet food and fried stuff, mycoprotein can also help you with compensating for your binging habits and nighttime snack attacks (we see you reading this with your bag of crisps). How come? Well, mycoprotein contains 25% of fibers by dry weight (6g/100g per wet weight).³ Which is more than those aliments that you are being told to eat to get enough fibers. For instance, broccoli has 2.6/100g, brussels sprouts (yuk) 3.8/100g, and spinach 2.2/100g. Raspberries are good though, with their 6.5/100g.⁴ 

But what do fibers have to do with my bag of crisps, should you ask? While your crisps don’t contain cholesterol, they do have a high level of saturated fats, which raises your cholesterol levels.⁵ But why is cholesterol bad? It’s not, but like everything in excess (bag of crisps…) it becomes dangerous for your health. High cholesterol levels lead to clogged arteries, which can cause strokes or heart attacks.⁶ And we don’t want that for you, do we? Same goes with high blood sugar (maybe from a diet rich in carbohydrates, like pasta, or if you have diabetes, or if you are pregnant…), which can lead, for example, to increased fatigue, dehydration or even loss of consciousness. We also don’t want that for you.⁷ 

Let’s build muscles with mycoprotein!  

No, I am not lying. There is something called “essential amino acids”. Amino acids are compounds of proteins. We humans can’t synthesize some of them – 9 exactly -, and we need to get them through food. Those are the essential amino acids (EAA). We can find them in animal-based protein or plant-based protein. Unfortunately, even though plant-based protein can provide all the essential amino acids, they usually don’t do so in sufficient quantity.⁹ That’s a bummer for our animal friends. What we can do is combine different kinds of plant-based food throughout our meals to get the required amount of EAA. That can be a lot of work, and we know how lazy you can be.  

We know that mycoprotein contains 11/100g of proteins,¹⁰ it’s the same as Skyr (the real one from Iceland, not the fake copy made by some brands).¹¹ Not bad at all. But what about those essential amino acids? As some of you might have experienced, fungi can be magic. Mycoprotein does have all the essential amino acids and in a higher proportion than cow milk.¹² So, drink oat milk (Hi Oatly) and eat mycoprotein (if you didn’t guess yet, we sell products made from mycoprotein).  

“What about my muscles?” Yes, yes, we are coming right to it. Right now. Be patient. Essential amino acids help your body to grow your muscles and to repair them faster.¹³ Easy. Now, growing muscles implies that you go to the gym or do sports, we won’t teach you that.  

Conclusion  

Don’t be sad, we know you can do it. We all know how hard it can be to start getting healthy. But we trust in you. Teaching you about mycoprotein is the best that we can do for you. Now, you know that fungi can bring your fat, cholesterol and blood sugar levels down. And provide you with all the EAA that are going to help you to grow and repair your muscles more easily. Your dream body will be there soon.  

Background   

Revo Foods is an Austrian Startup founded in 2020 that develops new plant-based seafood alternatives. Their first products (Smoked Salmon Alternatives) are already available in 16 European countries, including supermarkets in Austria and Germany.  

Sources

1. Communication Biology, n°7 article 133, “Molecular characterization of Fusarium venenatum-based microbial protein in animal models of obesity using multi-omics analysis” (2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-05791-9  
2. Ibid., Communication Biology 
3. Elsevier, Current Developments in Nutrition, “Mycoprotein: The Future of Nutritious Nonmeat Protein, a Symposium Review” (2019) Mycoprotein: The Future of Nutritious Nonmeat Protein, a Symposium Review – PMC (nih.gov) 
4. Healthline, Kris Gunnars ,“22 High-fiber Foods you should eat” (Lastly medically reviewed by Kim Chin, RD in May 2023) 22 High-Fiber Foods You Should Eat (healthline.com) 
5. HeartUK.com, “Eating for lower cholesterol”, Eating for lower cholesterol | HEART UK – The Cholesterol Charity 
6. Mayo Clinic, “High Cholesterol” (January 2023) High cholesterol – Symptoms and causes – Mayo Clinic 
7. Yale Medicine, “Hyperglycemia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments” Hyperglycemia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments > Fact Sheets > Yale Medicine 
8. Op cit., Communication Biology 
9. MDPI, Nutrients, F. Mariotti, C. D. Gardener, “Dietary Protein and Amino Acids in Vegetarian Diets—A Review” (2019) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6893534/  
10. Op cit., Elsevier 
11. IseySkyr.com, “Our Skyr” https://www.iseyskyr.fr/notre-skyr  
12. Research Gate, N. Kumar Maurya, R. Kushwaha, “Novel Protein Foods: Alternative Sources of protein for human consumption”, Chapter 7 (June 2019) 
13. PubMed, E. Børsheim , K. D Tipton, S. E Wolf, R. R Wolfe “Essential amino acids and muscle protein recovery from resistance exercise”, (2002) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12217881/  
14. Image by jcomp on Freepik

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