Vegetarian protien
By sedel1027
@sedel1027 (17846)
Cupertino, California
August 16, 2012 10:57am CST
Im trying to add more protein to my diet withouth having to eat whey protein. Other than beans, eggs, greek yogurt, and tofu, what are some non-meat protein sources?
6 responses
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
17 Aug 12
Tempeh is one of my favorite sources of protein. I love to use it in chili, and tempeh burgers are delicious.
It is very difficult, though, not to get enough protein. Unless you follow a very strict diet such as raw food only, you are likely getting plenty of protein--probably more than enough.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
18 Aug 12
Well, I wasn't worried about protein until recently when I started doing more weight activities and am unable to keep weight on. If I was over weight I would understand the weight loss, but I'm not. I want to work out and get toned, be strong....but I can't do that without feeding the right foods into my body. So I want clean, no/low fat protein.
@mybranko (56)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
17 Aug 12
In the vegetarianism proteins are not so big problem. The larger problem is vitamin B12, because it is only produced from bacteria. The great importance are probiotics, but they need food with cobalt. It is important to know that replacement cyano-B12 is not natural and when used this molecule releases toxins. Fortunately, in the market there are bacterial B12 (hydroxo-B12). Proteins can be found everywhere. Plan potato has all the amino acids in it.
Oatmeal are very interesting. From them you can create milk replacement (better than from soybean). Mixed with cooked rice and some spices can easily done good patty and so on.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
18 Aug 12
Well I do eat foods with B-12 so I'm not too worried. I eat eggs and some yogurts, and ost cereal is b12 fortified. Believe the soy milk I drink is b12 fortified.
@leeloo (1492)
• Portugal
17 Aug 12
There are lot of vegetable proteins the thing is it is necessary to do a little research to find the best varieties and recipes for you. The following site gives a few tips :
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/7-high-protein-vegetables-to-include-in-your-diet.html#b
Things like spinach, broccoli are good sources of protein and combined all the better, eg spinach lasagne made with soy milk is a very good source of protein, also spinach salad. There are also snacks like pumpkin seeds and peanuts are also good sources of protein. Hope you find something you like that will satisfy your protein intake. Good luck.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
18 Aug 12
I eat a lot of those foods already, as well as tofu, soy milk, ect. Today for example, I had 1 scrambeled egg & whole wheat toast with organic strawberry jam for breakfast, an apple for a mid-morning snack, tofu story fry w/brown rice for lunch, and a southwest salad (corn, avocodo, black beans, cilantro, spinach, romaine lettuce, cucumber and celery) with cilantro dressing for dinner. I'm kinda hury now, so I'll either grab a bowl of tofu ice cream or a granola bar lol so I should be getting plenty of protein but after a long work out I'm just exhausted to the point where I have to take a nap.
@marguicha (223850)
• Chile
21 Aug 12
All legumes have proteins, not only beans. There is a way of cooking them so that you will have your share of esential proteins every day. For example, lentils go well will rice. Nuts are good sources or protein too and so are mushrooms. Take care!
@msabc1 (88)
• Hong Kong
16 Aug 12
How about soya milk? In my place there are many different flavour of soya milk. We have coconut, melon, pineapple, papaya soya milk and some other flavour too. For plain soya milk, there are sweetened and unsweetened, while you can just drink it from the bottle or use it for cooking. It's a good source of protein and calcium.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
16 Aug 12
Soy milk is already in my diet. I mainly cook with it and add it to my coffee. I don't like drinking any type of milk
