How much to you worry about what you eat?

[blissful]

People who eat vegan know they get enough protein. (not counting people trying to add protein to make more muscle) We eat plant based and get more than our fair share of protein. Lots of fiber in that.

Needing protein is an over used concern unless you are talking about starving people then there is a shortage of everything.

 

[boom]

People who eat vegan know they get enough protein. (not counting people trying to add protein to make more muscle) We eat plant based and get more than our fair share of protein. Lots of fiber in that.

Needing protein is an over used concern unless you are talking about starving people then there is a shortage of everything.

my dietitian stressed getting enough protein. she said 100 grams, due to a health thing I have going. it isn't an over concern, not for me.

 

[pictonguy]

my dietitian stressed getting enough protein. she said 100 grams, due to a health thing I have going. it isn't an over concern, not for me.

Unfortunately whole plants don't have much protein to begin with so vegans must buy into the ideology that protein is not really that important. And the protein that is in plants isn't very bioavailable or in other words, it's not absorbed or utilized by humans very well, which again this aspect of nutritional science is also never really taken into account or talked about in the vegan community and the meager amount of protein vegans consume, a lot of that protein doesn't get absorbed, of course the consequences don't really show up for years which is not a very large demographic anyway considering over 80% that try vegan quite after 5 years which most vegans start in their late teens or 20's so the turnover is really high and not many make it into old age who are still vegan. I would go with your dietitians advice.

 

[knowledge keeper]

I completely agree. Everything in moderation. I don't eat many fried foods, for example, but sometimes I just gotta have deep fried fish and deep fried chicken livers, two of my favorites. Oh and, of course, fried chicken.

Fried chicken is my weakness))

 

[Linda0818]

Fried chicken is my weakness))

Same here. I love it.

 

[HeyItsSara]

Food pleasure is built on 3 things - fat, sugar and salt. Fried chicken has 2 of them!!!

 

[boom]

Food pleasure is built on 3 things - fat, sugar and salt. Fried chicken has 2 of them!!!

korean fried chicken has all three. just saying.

 

[blissful]

korean fried chicken has all three. just saying.

So true.