How To Deliciously Get Plenty Of Protein Without Meat Or Dairy (Video)
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Meat,
eggs and cheese are NOT the only sources of protein, in fact they are
far from it, where do you think an Ox, Gorilla or Cow gets its protein
from? Next, where did we get this idea that we need so much protein and
even more of it to maintain proper health? Has anyone ever questioned
that? What
about the research showing that plant protein might actually be a much healthier option that animal protein?
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If there is one thing that annoys
vegans or those who follow a plant-based diet more than anything else in
the entire world it’s that famous question – “Where do you get your
protein?” The milk, egg, cheese and meat industries have certainly done a
great job of brainwashing us to believe that animal products are the
only way to get protein. Yes, meat and animal products – for the most
part – have more protein, but why do we need so much? We don’t! It’s
another myth. We can actually get the amount of protein we need entirely
from a plant-based diet, in the same way an Ox,Gorilla, Cow or Horse
would.
Some Science To Back This Up
According to Dr. Deepak Bhatt, a Harvard Medical School professor and Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Heart Latter,
“When it comes to getting protein in
your diet, meat isn’t the only option. Mounting evidence shows that
reducing meat and increasing plant-based protein is a healthier way to
go. A diet with any type of meat raises the risk of heart disease and
cancer, when compared with a vegetarian diet.”
A study
conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts
General Hospital followed more than 130,000 people for 36 years,
monitoring illnesses, lifestyles, diets and mortality rates.
They
found that substituting between 15g and 19g of animal protein, the
equivalent of a single sausage, for legumes, pulses, nuts and other
planet protein, significantly decreased the risk of early death.
Replacing eggs with plant-based protein also lead to at 19 percent
reduction in death risk.
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Researchers
found that a 10 percent higher intake of meat was associated with a two
percent higher mortality rate and an eight percent higher chance of
cardiovascular death.
“What I did during the early part
of my career was nothing more than what traditional science would
suggest. I made the observation that diets presumably higher in animal
protein were associated with liver cancer in the Philippines. When
coupled with the extraordinary report from India showing that casein fed
to experimental rats at the usual levels of intake dramatically
promoted liver cancer, it prompted my 27-year-long study The China
Project, of how this effect worked. We did dozens of experiments to see
if this was true and, further, how it worked.”
In the
study, Campbell emphasized the fact that they used the traditional
criteria to decide what is a carcinogen (in regards to animal-based
proteins) from the government’s chemical carcinogenic testing program.
Campbell also stated that, “this is not a debatable subject and the implications of this conclusion are staggering in so many ways.”
It also
showed, among others, that animal protein is very acidic, and leak, and
body takes calcium and phosphorus from the bones to neutralize the
Yes, We Need Protein
Yes we need protein, but not as much as
you think. We can easily get the adequate amounts of protein from a
vegan or plant-based diet. If you are concerned that it won’t be enough,
there are some plant-based foods that have more protein than others,
nuts, seeds, legumes and dark leafy greens are all excellent sources of
protein. If you combine a legume with a grain such as rice, then you
create a complete protein.
While
under-consumption of protein can be harmful to the body,
over-consumption comes with risks as well. In the United States, the
average omnivore gets more than 1.5 times the optimal amount of protein,
and most of that protein is from animal sources. This is bad news,
because excess protein is turned into waste or turned into fat. This
stored animal protein contributes to weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, inflammation and cancer.
On the other hand, the protein contained in whole plant foods is connected to disease prevention. According to Michelle McMacken, MD, a board-certified internal medicine physician and an assistant professor of medicine at NYU School of Medicine:
“[T]he protein found in whole
plant foods protects us from many chronic diseases. There is no need to
track protein intake or use protein supplements with plant-based diets;
if you are meeting your daily calorie needs, you will get plenty of
protein. The longest-lived people on Earth, those living in the “Blue Zones,” get about 10% of their calories from protein, compared with the U.S. average of 15-20%.”
Below,
is a video that is not only sure to make your mouth water, but to also
showcase some of many plant-based protein sources to give you some
inspiration.
In Conclusion
If you are thinking of making the switch
to a plant-based diet, but are concerned about getting enough protein,
let that be the least of your worries. Getting enough protein is not
difficult, there are more important factors to consider when adopting a
plant-based diet, but no more important than the factors that should be
considered with any diet. Think of the average American diet, no one
looks into that to make sure it is sufficient, so why is it that when
someone wants to eat more plant-based foods everyone all of a sudden
becomes a nutrition expert? Just something to consider!
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