Worried About Protein?

[RusticBohemian]

Hey guys. A lot of people have protein questions. How do you know if you're getting enough on a veggie diet?

If anyone is interested, I've written an article about the different types of protein and how much we really need here. [link removed by moderator]

[nataliex1122]

Cool, thanks! :)

[3LittleBirds]

That's a very interesting and informative article. Thanks!

One small question. You say that "Frances Moore Lappe, admitted in the 1990s that she had been completely mistaken in her assertion that animal protein was necessary." I thought Francis Moore Lappe was the person who believed that vegetarians needed to combine proteins at meals to get all the essential amino acids. A position she later recanted. I don't think she ever claimed that eating animal proteins were necessary.

[AussieShane]

that was an interesting read.

Yea, when I was eating meat, i used to go upto 300g of protein a day (totally unnecessary). I only learnt about protein absorption properly when i was doing medical health science at uni.