The Myth of Protein Deficiency

As a vegan this is the one question I get all the time. I have been a vegan and a professional athlete for over 5 years. There has been a myth that you can only get protein from meat and meat products for centuries. The scary thing is that most people know so little about nutrition that they still believe this, even though gorillas, who are primarily vegetarian, are some of the largest and strongest mammals in the world. Not only do people believe this, we also live in a culture that has been saturated with protein overload. With the rise of bodybuilding and the focus on image, people have believed that we need 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight to build muscle. This is completely untrue. If we continue to overload our bodies with this kind of protein we will find that later in life many protein related disease and abnormalities will develop. As a vegan protein is not the problem. The problem is education on both sides. You can be extremely unhealthy on both sides of the coin because of the lack of knowledge about basic nutrition. So get to know your food and your body to live an optimal life.  

The Myth of Protein Deficiency

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