B12s and similar are a bigger issue IIRC. Plants have the exact same proteins all life does, just not necessarily in the right amino acid proportions for humans. If you’re not eating all one staple like a peasant you’re probably not going to get seriously protein deficient, although it’s harder to get enough to build muscle.
I’ve been vegan for years and will tell you it’s incredibly easy to get the amount of protein in. Plus like with an omni diet most packaged foods are fortified for vitamins.
Good to know. I’ve been ovo-lacto so I’ve never worried about it.
From what I’ve seen veganism isn’t so good for actually bodybuilding, but let’s be honest, the exercise is the bigger barrier for 99% of people. Maintaining a flabby Westerner body isn’t biologically hard.
100g of wheat gluten is almost 80g of protein. Which easily provides the amino-acids most legumes have in lower concentrations. Besides seitan which is very easy to make from wheat gluten, tofu, tempeh and many other plant based (and really easy and cheap to prepare on your own, in large quantities and store in the freezer, I have a drawer in mine full of them) foods in some traditions that are even low in carb content for people with insulin resistance. Or just low in calories so you can cook them whichever way you want with whatever else you want to add to your food. It’s not really hard to actually do it.
Being “not flabby” has more to do with your understanding of how insulin works on the body than it has with anything else, even activity levels. Especially in western societies. And its pretty damn hard to think properly about your food, even though its scientifically clear they are forcing shitty guidelines to the people. For example, as you can see here :
Conflicts of Interest: First-ever systematic review of the extensive financial conflicts of interest on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Findings:
95% of the 2020 committee had at least one tie to a food or pharmaceutical company;
Over half had 30 such ties or more;
USDA does not disclose conflicts of interest, despite a National Academies recommendation to do so.
B12s and similar are a bigger issue IIRC. Plants have the exact same proteins all life does, just not necessarily in the right amino acid proportions for humans. If you’re not eating all one staple like a peasant you’re probably not going to get seriously protein deficient, although it’s harder to get enough to build muscle.
I’ve been vegan for years and will tell you it’s incredibly easy to get the amount of protein in. Plus like with an omni diet most packaged foods are fortified for vitamins.
Good to know. I’ve been ovo-lacto so I’ve never worried about it.
From what I’ve seen veganism isn’t so good for actually bodybuilding, but let’s be honest, the exercise is the bigger barrier for 99% of people. Maintaining a flabby Westerner body isn’t biologically hard.
100g of wheat gluten is almost 80g of protein. Which easily provides the amino-acids most legumes have in lower concentrations. Besides seitan which is very easy to make from wheat gluten, tofu, tempeh and many other plant based (and really easy and cheap to prepare on your own, in large quantities and store in the freezer, I have a drawer in mine full of them) foods in some traditions that are even low in carb content for people with insulin resistance. Or just low in calories so you can cook them whichever way you want with whatever else you want to add to your food. It’s not really hard to actually do it.
Being “not flabby” has more to do with your understanding of how insulin works on the body than it has with anything else, even activity levels. Especially in western societies. And its pretty damn hard to think properly about your food, even though its scientifically clear they are forcing shitty guidelines to the people. For example, as you can see here :