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[–]soundsituation 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Broccoli is super healthy, no need to make up lies to promote it.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

And pretty tasty.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It says helpful things like a cup of broccoli has 2.5g of protein. It would be take 24 cups of broccoli to get 60g of protein, my minimum daily recommended amount.

Things like beans or nuts are better, but if I tried to get all my protein from them I'd go over my caloric allotment. I.e. get fat.

This essentially disproves the viability of healthy vegetarianism if you look between the lines.

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

My bad, meant to include that.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Fine either way, I think. (I'll also share this with my vegan sister, who I worry about.)

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My parents are vegan too, and I've gone over the protein problem with them. The trouble is there's so much bad info out there suggesting it is trivial to get protein without meat and it's not. I think the only 3 viable options are tofu, seitan, or protein supplements. Nutrtional yeast is an option I didn't include since you need eat more of it than people are generally comfortable with, a cup or even a quarter cup, is a lot of nootch.

Vegetarians and vegans need one of those if they want their minimum protein. Can't just eat whatever and call it a day and expect to be healthy. Although low protein diets can be handy for people with kidney disease.