Now if you are a vegan or if you've even ever thought for a second about being vegan, someone
somewhere has asked you, so where do you get your protein? So I'm going to show you where
I get mine. Now during this nugget I'll be showing footage of me eating one of my most
protein rich meals. Now there are my dates, and my mountain of lettuce. So you can watch
me chow down throughout this video. Now I'm not going to go into all the nuances and details
of the vegan protein debate, just going to talk a little bit about it, show you where
I get my protein from, and about how much I average daily. There are so many vegan sources
of protein, and vegan diets can vary as much in content as non-vegan diets. First off,
and this is something I'll go into more detail later, we don't really require as much protein
as most of us think we do. And in reality it's virtually impossible to not get enough
protein. Unless of course you aren't consuming enough calories at all, or you're exclusively
eating highly processed refined foods. But in general, protein really isn't something
to fret about. Okay quick timeout here, take a look at my super ghetto giant phone. Just
to satisfy the question, some vegan sources of protein include vegetables, specifically
leafy greens, just see the rapid munching me as a reference, broccoli, zucchini, and
other vegetables, all variety of beans, tofu, tempe, nuts and nut butters, non-dairy milks,
quinoa, lintel, sprouted bread products, and believe it or not fruits have protein. Any
whole food is actually made up of carbohydrates protein and fat, and contains a percentage
of each of those categories. Dr. Douglas Graham write "despite the advertising hype of the
meat and dairy industries, humans require an extraordinarily low amount of protein in
their diets." In a very basic way, protein is for growth and repair. Now if you think
about a time in our lives when we need to grow the very most, it's when we are infants.
This is the time in our lives where we will experience our most rapid growth. And thus
have our highest need for protein per calorie ever. So it follows that human breast milk
would need to have the most amount of protein for calories of anything that we would ever
need to eat. And human breast milk is [drum roll]
6% protein.
Which is less than cherries, oranges,
peaches, strawberries, watermelon, tomato, cucumbers, potatoes, lettuce, spinach, broccoli,
carrots, cabbage, and countless other fruits and vegetables. And now for some stats. The
typical US recommended daily allowance is currently 46g per day for women and 56g of
protein per day for men. This is roughly 0.36g per pound of body weight or 0.8g per kilogram
of body weight. The World Health Organization recommends 0.66g per kilograms per day of
protein, and states that this "can be accepted as the best estimate of a population average
requirement for healthy adults." In all reality the percentage of protein from our entire
daily intake is more important than the grams of protein. According to the longest nutritional
study ever conducted, The China Study, which was based on over 40 years of research, we
require only 5 to 6% of calories to come from protein. The 9 to 10% that has been recommended
for the past 50 years has been in order to assure that most people get their 5 to 6%.
This study also showed that animal derived protein is incredibly cancer-causing and detrimental
to health in a number of ways. It also showed that plant protein, even in amounts of excess
of 10%, showed no ill health effects. Think that you need more protein to build some muscle?
Think again of the infants growing extraordinarily on 6% protein. But if you still want more
protein, go for it. Just keep it plant based to avoid some serious health issues. So let's
see how my diet measures up. Well, I consumed all of my dates. 2.2% protein, adding 2.4g
for me, and almost all of my lettuce, 5 pounds of it at least, at 17.4% protein which added
a whopping 28g of protein for me. My total protein intake for that day with my other
fruit meals added in was 49.8g, which even trumps the US RDA requirements. My overall
CaloNutrient ratio for the day was 88.5% carbs, 6.9% protein, and 4.6% fat. So that's where
I get my protein from. Thanks for tuning in and I'll see you guys next Wednesday. Please
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