Where Do You Get Your Protein?

Are you being asked: “Where do you get your protein?”

Eating a high protein low-fat diet is embedded in our minds as a result of the constant brainwashing from the major food industry. We need to know the truth about protein.

I have so many people reflecting this to me since they have chosen a whole food plant-based regime, they want to become a vegetarian or vegan, automatically their family or their friends ask this first question: “Where do you get your protein?”

Well, I’m a vegetarian and I know that we all get more than enough protein from plant-based foods.

Nature has provided us with complete fats, carbohydrates, protein, minerals, vitamins, and all the essential amino acids we need in our food, so the question “Where do you get your protein” is really irrelevant.

Is Protein A Health Issue?

This myth about protein is basically due to the major food industry promoting their high-profit products such as meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, and dairy products, but we do get plenty of protein from the natural fruits and veggies, beans, legumes, grains and nuts without causing any animal suffering.

And then there’s the fact that eating too much protein can cause disease. Just look at the articles from the heart and cancer foundations worldwide about avoiding red meat. This is only one of many examples.

Why? Because the body can’t store protein. It can store fat but can’t deal with excessive protein.

Your liver and your kidneys are going to work extra hard when you consume too much protein, plus your bones need to release buffer material to combat this excessive protein that causes weakness in your bones. Do you want to have osteoporosis? I don’t think so.

So where do you get your protein? Really simple. You get it from brown rice, oatmeal, black beans, potato, sweet potato, spinach, broccoli, lettuce, mushrooms, asparagus, you also get it from carrots, onions, peas and corn; and legumes, seeds, and nuts.

Do you know that spinach has 51% protein and beef has 53% protein in the calories?

According to Better Health Victorian Government, the right amount of protein per day for women is 0.75 grams per kilogram (so if you weigh 65 kilograms, you need 49 grams); for men is 0.84 grams per kilogram (so if you weigh 75 kilograms, you need 63 grams);  if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or over 70 years old, you need around 1 gram per kilogram.

The amount of protein between spinach and beef is quite similar, but you don’t have to kill the cow to get your protein if you eat spinach.

So, in summary, protein is important when you’re a baby, when you’re growing up, you need protein to build your muscle. But in your adulthood, the need for protein is dramatically reduced.

But you don’t have to worry because you are getting plenty of protein day to day by eating plant-based foods. Right?

Consuming large amounts of high-profit protein is potentially putting your health at risk, too much protein can make your body organs work extra hard and cause disease.

I hope what we have talked about today helps you to decide how you’re going to communicate with your friends who may not know the facts about protein. And that getting enough protein is not the right question to ask.

Scroll down and you will see a list of the comparisons so you understand more about protein in whole food plant-based sources.

Until we meet again, be well, be happy.

Warmly,

Missey Grace

 

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