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So i got to gym regularly and i need ~150 grams of protein a day. Please tell me how will i get this from plant based diet. Oh and i grew up a vegetarian and o

So i got to gym regularly and i need ~150 grams of protein a day. Please tell me how will i get this from plant based diet. Oh and i grew up a vegetarian and only vegetarian diet that i can eat regularly is Indian cuisine. Rest of vegetarian diet is just not delicious enough to eat regularly.

rando444 9y ago
I usually get most of my protein for my workout supplemented by protein shakes, but other than that dairy products are very high in protein, also beans, peas, nuts, etc.. and there are a lot of other potential sources if you google around.
- noir_lord 9y ago
  Yep though you missed the gold standard for 'complete' proteins - eggs. The biological value of proteins is measured against egg protein as the benchmark (I'm sure there are few proteins that exceed the egg but they are readily available, easily prepared and cheap as a protein source).
  - parthdesai 9y ago
    Where i grew up (India), eggs was considered non-vegetarian. Maybe he didn't miss it.
  - dragonwriter 9y ago
    Eggs are not plant based.
- parthdesai 9y ago
  Beans don't help you when you are avoiding carbs. Nuts are insanely high in calories. If you are eating around 1800 calories a day and trying to avoid cards, there aren't many options.
KitDuncan 9y ago
Come on we are on hacker news. I expect you to be able to find protein values of plants by yourself. Plants not containing enough protein is an absolute myth and it's astonishing to me that there are still people believing in it. Go eat lentils, chickpeas, beans, soy products and hemp protein and it should be more than easy to get enough protein. There are world champion UFC fighters and olympia athletes on a vegan diet and I am pretty sure, they don't have any problems getting their protein. Also checkout youtube. There are a lot of vegan bodybuilders sharing their recipes.
- parthdesai 9y ago
  Beans - they have carbs. Lentils - I agree. About World Champion UFC fighters, can you name me some?
  - KitDuncan 9y ago
    Nate & Nick Diaz are the most popular ones I think. I don't really follow the sport, but a quick google search should yield a few more results.
    - parthdesai 9y ago
      Neither were UFC Champions and they actually eat sea food. :)
  - cryodesign 9y ago
    Check out this site: http://www.fuelforthefighter.com/the-fighter/ http://www.fuelforthefighter.com/the-fighter/
mrfusion 9y ago
Beans and nuts could get you pretty far towards that. Then make up the rest with a nice soy based protien powder.
- parthdesai 9y ago
  Nuts are pretty high in calories though. 100g of mixed nuts contain ~600 calories. That's around 1/3rd of my calories gone. Compare that to a chicken breast, 100g of chicken breasts has 165 calories.
cryodesign 9y ago
You find out by studying what other athletes with a plant based diet eat. Here are a few to get you started What Frank Medrano eats (vegan calisthenics athlete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9sfVsBbS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9sfVsBbS8 What Patrick Baboumian eats (vegan strongman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz9H7MMuKjY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz9H7MMuKjY Body building advice - plant based diet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4LIOq3grw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4LIOq3grw And there are plenty of vegan or vegetarian body builder communities out there, like this one http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/ http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/
- parthdesai 9y ago
  Knew about Frank medrano, but didn't know about others. Thanks for that.
palidanx 9y ago
Here is a link I created (independently of this discussion) with vegetables with the highest amount of protein. https://www.menutail.com/blog/51/Top_10_Vegetarian_Foods_High_In_Protein_Backed_By_Data https://www.menutail.com/blog/51/Top_10_Vegetarian_Foods_Hig...

rando444 9y ago

I usually get most of my protein for my workout supplemented by protein shakes, but other than that dairy products are very high in protein, also beans, peas, nuts, etc.. and there are a lot of other potential sources if you google around.

noir_lord 9y ago
Yep though you missed the gold standard for 'complete' proteins - eggs. The biological value of proteins is measured against egg protein as the benchmark (I'm sure there are few proteins that exceed the egg but they are readily available, easily prepared and cheap as a protein source).
- parthdesai 9y ago
  Where i grew up (India), eggs was considered non-vegetarian. Maybe he didn't miss it.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  Eggs are not plant based.
parthdesai 9y ago
Beans don't help you when you are avoiding carbs. Nuts are insanely high in calories. If you are eating around 1800 calories a day and trying to avoid cards, there aren't many options.

KitDuncan 9y ago

Come on we are on hacker news. I expect you to be able to find protein values of plants by yourself. Plants not containing enough protein is an absolute myth and it's astonishing to me that there are still people believing in it. Go eat lentils, chickpeas, beans, soy products and hemp protein and it should be more than easy to get enough protein. There are world champion UFC fighters and olympia athletes on a vegan diet and I am pretty sure, they don't have any problems getting their protein. Also checkout youtube. There are a lot of vegan bodybuilders sharing their recipes.

parthdesai 9y ago
Beans - they have carbs. Lentils - I agree. About World Champion UFC fighters, can you name me some?
- KitDuncan 9y ago
  Nate & Nick Diaz are the most popular ones I think. I don't really follow the sport, but a quick google search should yield a few more results.
  - parthdesai 9y ago
    Neither were UFC Champions and they actually eat sea food. :)
- cryodesign 9y ago
  Check out this site: http://www.fuelforthefighter.com/the-fighter/ http://www.fuelforthefighter.com/the-fighter/

mrfusion 9y ago

Beans and nuts could get you pretty far towards that. Then make up the rest with a nice soy based protien powder.

parthdesai 9y ago
Nuts are pretty high in calories though. 100g of mixed nuts contain ~600 calories. That's around 1/3rd of my calories gone. Compare that to a chicken breast, 100g of chicken breasts has 165 calories.

cryodesign 9y ago

You find out by studying what other athletes with a plant based diet eat. Here are a few to get you started What Frank Medrano eats (vegan calisthenics athlete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9sfVsBbS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9sfVsBbS8 What Patrick Baboumian eats (vegan strongman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz9H7MMuKjY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz9H7MMuKjY Body building advice - plant based diet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4LIOq3grw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4LIOq3grw And there are plenty of vegan or vegetarian body builder communities out there, like this one http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/ http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/

parthdesai 9y ago
Knew about Frank medrano, but didn't know about others. Thanks for that.

palidanx 9y ago

Here is a link I created (independently of this discussion) with vegetables with the highest amount of protein. https://www.menutail.com/blog/51/Top_10_Vegetarian_Foods_High_In_Protein_Backed_By_Data https://www.menutail.com/blog/51/Top_10_Vegetarian_Foods_Hig...