Vegetarians: How to Get Enough Protein?
As a vegetarian, should you be concerned about protein deficiency? The answer is probably NO for at least two reasons: People are actually more likely to suffer from protein excess than protein deficiency If you know what sources of plant protein to take How Much Protein Do You Really Need? In [1], Dr. Michael Greger provides the following guidelines: Adults require no more than 0.8 or 0.9 grams of protein per healthy kilogram of body weight per day, which is about your ideal weight in pounds multiplied by four and then divided by ten . So, someone whose ideal weight is 100 pounds may require up to 40 grams of protein a day. On average, they probably only need about 30 daily grams of protein, which is 0.66 grams per kilogram, but we round it up to 0.8 or 0.9 grams because everyone’s different and we want to capture most of the bell curve. Adverse Effects of Protein Excess People are actually more likely to suffer from protein excess than pr...