The body's protein requirements are usually overestimated based on hearsay and this results in too much importance being given to animal based food. Unless you'

The body's protein requirements are usually overestimated based on hearsay and this results in too much importance being given to animal based food. Unless you're a growing child, pregnant, bodybuilder or have a medical condition you probably have plenty of protein without consuming meat, and very likely in the other cases too with a balanced diet. One should pay attention to sugars/fats/micronutrients a lot more. The silly 'But where do you get your protein?' was repeated so much that it inevitably lead to 'they will give us bugs'.