protein

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Hi Christina,

 

Unless you have unusual protein needs, it is very easy to get enough

protein. In fact, there are only a few ways to get deficient if you

are eating adequate calories and a whole food diet. And it is also

taxing to eat too much -- but that's kind of another angle.

 

Vegetables all have some protein -- greens have a lot. Grains have

some. Nuts, seeds, and beans have a lot. Legumes -- lentils and split

peas, etc. Soy (all forms) has a lot but is higher fat than other

beans (and you just said you don't really like beans). Tofu (made

from soy beans) is especially high fat (and also lots protein and is

much more processed food than soy beans). Fruit doesn't have protein

to speak of. Even though you don't esp like beans, you might

consider hummus (made from garbanzo beans) -- it is such a different

consistency that it seems almost un-bean-like to me.

 

I just realized I'm not answering what you asked -- you asked what

**I** eat for protein. Here's what I eat regularly that is highish protein:

--wheat grass juice (fresh), barley grass juice (I buy it dried and

mix into water),

--raw green vegetables (blended into fruit smoothie) -- parsley,

spinach, collards, kale, chard, etc

--cooked green vegetables -- e.g. spinach, broccoli

--nuts (sliced almonds, pecans, walnuts, pine nuts) (added to salads often)

--peanut butter (on celery and in sauces/dressing); almond butter

--ground flax seeds and ground sesame seeds (also put into smoothie)

--cooked beans (in salad or soup or chili etc.)

--sprouted lentils -- mostly raw, some cooked too (this is an amazing

wonderful food)

--other sprouts and " soaks " -- mostly sunflower, alfalfa sprouts,

soaked peanuts -- a few others. (sprouted seeds and soaked

seeds/nuts have less protein than the nuts or seeds they started out as.)

--avocados

 

Occasionally:

--split pea soup

--soy yogurt

--tofurky (fake turkey -- it's very processed and I'm sure high fat

-- but I like it. I'm not recommending it as food or as fat free --

but I do eat it)

--edemame (sp>) (fresh cooked soy beans)

 

Congrats on your plan.

Moria

 

 

At 11:13 AM 1/11/2009, you wrote:

>Protein

>I am getting ready to make the plunge to cut meat from my diet (starting

>with beef & pork.) Besides beans, what do you eat for protein. I'm not

>much of a bean-eater.

>Christina