Sorry mods, you'll have to deal with me I guess but I can't let this slide:
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Originally Posted by new man
As for the vegetarian anti protein eater, the body needs a lot more protein than a handful a week for optimal performance, especially factoring in any form of exercise.
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First of all, nobody here is anti-protein. I am a vegan and I completed a half-marathon in under 2 hours. I do resistance training and when it is my goal, am able to build muscle mass.
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even by the US govt...
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There are meat and dairy industry lobbies.
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Originally Posted by new man
It is a lot harder to get complete proteins from vegetable sources, because we do not have digestive tracts like herbivores. I have one stomach, not 7. Also, to get a complete load of 65 grams of protein, covering all the essential amino acids, would require about 2000 calories of beans and rice. Happy eating.
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So I eat more. Woe is me. Besides, you might want to check your sums. And no one is suggesting that you get your entire daily protein requirement from one source. As for the complete protein idea, veggies rarely have complete protein, but guess what - eat numerous incomplete plant based protein sources over the course of the day and voila - you get all the amino acids you need. I could eat "4" or I could eat "2+2."
The silliest part of the anti-vegan mindset is that "meat contains this" or "meat contains that," as if the animal never ate anything and it just became nutritious on its own. Well that animal ate plants. There are minerals in its body from the soil which grew the plants it ate!
I get it. Veganism isn't for everyone, but it is for a lot more people than would care to admit it, and it's worked wonders for me.
Alright I am done being off-topic. Even if Ustwo comes in here.
Grolsch, I will start that vegan recipe thread.