The 'Middle man'. Protein, protein, protein....

All nutrients come from the sun or the soil. VITAMIN D is created when sunlight hits our skin. Everything else comes from the ground. Minerals come from the earth and vitamins from plants and micro organisms that grow from it. Calcium from a cows milk came from the plants she ate which drew it up from the soil (cows milk is the number 1 source of calcium and also, the number 1 source of saturated fat). We can cut out the 'middle man' and get calcium from plants directly. Protein? Protein contains essential amino acids meaning our body cannot produce them so are essential to get from our diet. Heads up, animals don't make them either so ALL amino acids originate from... PLANTS (and microbes) And, all plant proteins have all amino acids. The only incomplete protein in the food supply is gelatin. The average person living in a plant based diet gets around twice the protein they need daily. Those who don't, don't know beans. That's for quantity though. Quality? The concept that plant protein is inferior to animal protein started more than 100 years ago from some studies on rats. Scientists found that infant rats don't grow as well on plant protein. Infant rats don't grow as well on human breast milk either. Does this mean mothers shouldn't feed their babies?. Rat milk has 10 times more protein than human milk because rats grow about 10 times faster than infant humans. Would you drink it?? The protein myth about combining plant proteins to make them complete isn't true. Yes some plants have some amino content low on the scale but all are complete. The myth was actually published first in Vogue magazine (February 1975). This has been discredited multiple times decades ago by the nutrition community. The human body is incredible as we know. We can store pools of amino acids plus we protein recycle (around 90g of protein is dumped back into our digestive track from our body to be broken down and reassembled. Mixing and matching amino acids to whatever proportions we need whenever we eat. This makes it practically impossible to design a whole food plant based diet sufficient in calories but deficient in protein. Vegans do not need to be concerned about amino acid imbalances from the protein we consume in our diets. The protein obsession has been created by the meat/dairy/egg industry. It's made up or 20 amino acids. 8 or 9 we cannot make hence, essential amino. They are all found in plant foods. The world health organization recommends 5-10% of our daily calories are protein. Most fruits are around 5-10% protein so even fruitsrians consume enough protein. Excess Animal protein is linked to kidney disease, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and is the key factor to both type 2 diabetes and cancer (watch 'What the Health').

Oh, and B12. Would you drink sewage to hydrate? Sounds extreme yeah? My point here is eating an animal product to ensure you have B12 is the same. It's full of all sorts that will cause health issues now and down the line. Plus, its just not sustainable for our planet. Kimchi, sauerkraut, 'not milks' and nutritional yeast are all healthier alternatives Ithink you'd agree?