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> As a vegetarian I have had to my own perspective on mankind's obsession with protein for a long time, really it is over-rated as the body makes the proteins i
by Thriptic 9y ago
> As a vegetarian I have had to my own perspective on mankind's obsession with protein for a long time, really it is over-rated as the body makes the proteins it needs from amino acids, not from protein eaten from i.e. a sausage made of pig gristle and shoved in an oven. Or from these whey powder things.
This is not fully true. There are essential amino acids which can not be synthesized by the body and need to come from consumption of external protein sources.
- carlmr 9y agoWhich you can get from vegetarian food. Eggs contain the whole thing (if you count them as vegetarian). Nuts contain a lot of the right amino acids. And beans combined with grains also gives you whole proteins. Soy protein is also whole, I think, but there's still some debate whether it's healthy for men to consume so much soy.