Comments on: 17 High Protein Vegetarian Meals (+how much protein do we need anyway?)

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:50:32 +0000

I had no idea how much protein we should be eating a day x

By: Becca @ Easy Cheesy Vegetarian

Becca @ Easy Cheesy Vegetarian — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:55:43 +0000

In reply to Annabel. Oh absolutely, the more food groups you cut out of your diet, the more difficult it will be to get all the right nutrients. But I can only speak about vegetarianism, not veganism :)

By: Annabel

Annabel — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:18:44 +0000

I’m not sure it’s vegetarians who need worry about their protein intake, so much as vegans, who don’t have the egg and dairy resources that most vegetarians do (and, indeed, many omnivores/flexitarians). And I understand that, while much of our protein intake does come from legumes, grains, etc, they do not all contain all the amino acids one needs, unlike dairy and eggs, so vegans do have to do a bit of a balancing act, and perhaps need to know more about the protein content and type of each kind of food than other people.