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I don't know about the article.. but generally speaking You can't "count" protein in the same way that you can count carbohydrates or sugar or calories. This i

I don't know about the article.. but generally speaking You can't "count" protein in the same way that you can count carbohydrates or sugar or calories. This is because protein is much more complex and different types of protein vary in type of amino acids and your ability to digest it. Thus quality of the protein varies significantly by it's source. So 50 grams of protein from a hamburger is not equivalent to 50 grams of protein from a bean-based burger. Depending on the exact mixture of components and how it's prepared you might need to eat 250 grams of "fake meat" to match the 50 grams of beef protein. Even in the USA most people don't meet minimum intake requirements for proteins. And it's very difficult for vegans to meet the minimal requirements. It is possible, but it requires a mixture of different types of plant proteins to supplement each other and improve digestibility. But it's not a simple thing you can do by accident and very few people are aware of the disparities. You can even make things worse by mixing things badly. I don't know all the details as I've only become recently aware of this stuff... For gauging the quality of protein they have developed the DIAAS method to indicate protein quality. The old scale was PDCAAS, which some older dietary guidelines are based off of. However PDCAAS didn't take into account the digestibility of the protein, which lead to misleading suggestions.

Retric 4y ago
As soon as you’re using protein for energy the exact ratio of amino acids stops being nearly as important. The body preferentially burns the amino acids it has in abundance. Which is why so few people run into this issue. A sub 50 gram fortified plant based burger could be in theory be more ideal than a 50 gram hamburger. However in practice hitting the perfect mix of amino acids at every meal or even on average isn’t needed, you can eat beans for lunch and rice for dinner and reach a complete surplus over the day. Of course nutrition goes beyond protein, if you only eat hamburgers protein is fine but you run into other issues. A varied diet it critical, but it really doesn’t need to include meat.
waffleiron 4y ago
> Even in the USA most people don't meet minimum intake requirements for proteins. And it's very difficult for vegans to meet the minimal requirements. This is not true, almost the whole population in the US reaches the minimum intake requirements. If you are making claims like this, you should source them with some sources https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29786804/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29786804/ > There is a widespread myth that we have to be careful about what we eat so that we do not cause protein deficiency. We know today that it is virtually impossible to design a calorie-sufficient diet, whether it is based on meat, fish, eggs, various vegetarian diets or even unprocessed whole natural plant foods, which is lacking in protein and any of the amino acids. https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/nutrition-information/protein https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/nutrition-information/pr... > Protein deficiency is almost unheard of in the United States. It’s easy to get all the protein you need without eating meat, dairy, or eggs. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/well/eat/how-much-protein-do-we-need.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/well/eat/how-much-protein... > Most American adults eat about 100 grams of protein per day, or roughly twice the recommended amount. Even on a vegan diet people can easily get 60 to 80 grams of protein throughout the day from foods like beans, legumes, nuts, broccoli and whole grains.

Retric 4y ago

As soon as you’re using protein for energy the exact ratio of amino acids stops being nearly as important. The body preferentially burns the amino acids it has in abundance. Which is why so few people run into this issue. A sub 50 gram fortified plant based burger could be in theory be more ideal than a 50 gram hamburger. However in practice hitting the perfect mix of amino acids at every meal or even on average isn’t needed, you can eat beans for lunch and rice for dinner and reach a complete surplus over the day. Of course nutrition goes beyond protein, if you only eat hamburgers protein is fine but you run into other issues. A varied diet it critical, but it really doesn’t need to include meat.

waffleiron 4y ago

> Even in the USA most people don't meet minimum intake requirements for proteins. And it's very difficult for vegans to meet the minimal requirements. This is not true, almost the whole population in the US reaches the minimum intake requirements. If you are making claims like this, you should source them with some sources https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29786804/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29786804/ > There is a widespread myth that we have to be careful about what we eat so that we do not cause protein deficiency. We know today that it is virtually impossible to design a calorie-sufficient diet, whether it is based on meat, fish, eggs, various vegetarian diets or even unprocessed whole natural plant foods, which is lacking in protein and any of the amino acids. https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/nutrition-information/protein https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/nutrition-information/pr... > Protein deficiency is almost unheard of in the United States. It’s easy to get all the protein you need without eating meat, dairy, or eggs. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/well/eat/how-much-protein-do-we-need.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/well/eat/how-much-protein... > Most American adults eat about 100 grams of protein per day, or roughly twice the recommended amount. Even on a vegan diet people can easily get 60 to 80 grams of protein throughout the day from foods like beans, legumes, nuts, broccoli and whole grains.