Heavenly_King said: worth it? No because you would need a lot of supplements and also vegetable protein is really crappy in comparison to MEAT protein. |
The idea that vegetarians/vegans need a lot of supplements is a commonly-stated falsehood. All nutrients come from one of three places: bacteria (vitamin B12), the sun (vitamin D), and plants (everything else).
Your suggestion that meat protein is superior to plant protein is a falsehood. The fact of the matter is that the only things on the planet that are able to manufacture amino acids are plants (plants pull nitrogen out of the atmosphere, create amino acids, and then combine them into proteins). The idea that animal protein is superior to plant protein is an idea that was first (and falsely) introduced in the 1970s book "Diet For a Small Planet", a book that ironically was encouraging people to eat a more plant-based diet. The author of the book introduced the idea in the 1970s, and then recanted it in the 1980s. She lacked the credentials to make the original claim, as it's an anti-scientific argument to suggest that meat protein is in any way superior. Those that try to suggest it is do so by arguing that meat has an idealized amino acid ratio (a ratio that some plant foods also have, BTW). But we now know that's irrelevant, as we've since learned that the body breaks apart the individual amino acids as food is processed and stores the individual amino acids for the body to combine when and how it needs to.
Meat protein is the lowest quality protein because its wrapped up in cholesterol and saturated fat. Our bodies don't need to consume cholesterol because we manufacture it internally, and unlike carnivores (and most omnivores), humans have no mechanism for getting rid of excess cholesterol. Researchers have tried and failed to give heart disease to dogs in controlled conditions, whereas it's almost effortless for humans to get heart disease from the same diet.
One study looked ath nutrient deficiencies in North Americans and found that the average vegan was deficient in 3 essential nutrients. Before you say "I told you so!", note that the very same study found that the average omnivore was deficient in *7* essential nutrients.
And that makes sense. Plant-based foods tend to have a lower caloric density, and far more nutrients per calorie, than foods of animal origin. So on a plant-based diet you'll get more nutrients for the same number of calories. People should be eating a diverse array of foods no matter what diet they choose (eat the rainbow, as the mantra goes). So if you're eating the rainbow and eating plant-based foods then your odds of having a nutrient deficiency is very low. When I was an omnivore, I was always running out of calories by the end of the day, meaning I was still hungry and hadn't got in all the nutrients I needed. On a whole-food, plant-based diet I get to eat as much as I want while maintaining my weight.
So please be aware that you're spreading misinformation that has no basis in science whatsoever.