| The number one question most vegetarians
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| | eating enough protein, primarily from
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| are asked is "How do you get enough
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| | animal sources, is drilled into us daily
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| protein?", and the first question from
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| | from childhood.
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| people considering a vegetarian diet is
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| | It's been estimated that the average
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| "How will I get enough protein?"
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| | person in this country eats two - six
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| The Myth of Protein is so widely accepted
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| | times more protein, usually from animals,
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| as fact that even vegetarians believe it!
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| | than is needed for good nutrition. At
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| It goes like this:
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| | it's most extreme, our protein fixation
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| Protein is the most important nutrient in
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| | has led to the popularity of high-protein
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| our diet, and protein from meat, fish,
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| | low-carb weight loss diets, condemned by
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| poultry, milk and eggs is superior to the
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| | doctors and nutritionists from coast to
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| incomplete protein from plant sources.
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| | coast.
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| Meat is the best protein source, and
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| | The development of factory farms and
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| grains have little or no protein.
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| | modern meat processing plants, aided by
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| A vegetarian diet doesn't have enough
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| | refrigeration, along with economic rail
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| protein, and is therefore unhealthy.
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| | and truck shipping, made meat and dairy
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| Vegetarian Protein Reality
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| | products widely available and affordable.
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| Over the last few decades, wide spread
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| | The results, for our health, the
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| practical experience of vegetarian diet,
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| | environment, and world hunger, have been
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| knowledge of traditional cultures, and
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| | disastrous. Before the late 1800's most
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| hundreds of health/diet studies, all tell
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| | of the world didn't eat a lot of meat, or
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| a different story.
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| | dairy, as there just wasn't that much
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| Too much protein is as harmful as too
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| | available for ordinary people.
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| little, and is linked with shorter life
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| | Except in myths of the Wild West, the
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| expectancy, increased cancer and heart
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| | average person didn't have a horse and
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| disease risk, widespread obesity and
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| | gun to run around shooting things to eat,
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| diabetes, osteoporosis, kidney stress,
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| | or a herd of cows to kill. Mostly they
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| and bad digestion
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| | worked pretty hard, for not much money,
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| High protein-diets bring about temporary
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| | and didn't have that much time.
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| weight-loss, at the expense of overall
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| | Since the early 20th century, a meat and
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| health, and people quickly regain weight
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| | dairy centered diet has been heavily
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| once they return to a normal diet
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| | promoted as the answer to dietary
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| A varied vegetarian diet with a balance
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| | deficiencies, the flawed logic being that
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| of protein, fats & carbohydrates, and
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| | since we're mammals, and our bodies are
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| adequate calorie intake provides more
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| | made with protein, then we need to eat
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| than enough protein
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| | mammals in order to get enough protein
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| Complete animal protein is not superior
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| | and maintain our bodies. That
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| to complete protein from more than one
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| | cannibalistic logic doesn't hold up under
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| plant source – they give the same
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| | the most casual examination.
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| result in different ways
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| | Unfortunately most of recent human
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| Protein from plant sources doesn't
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| | history is based on flawed logic. And we
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| include excess calories from fat, toxic
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| | tend to rewrite history about every fifty
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| residues, or an overabundance of protein,
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| | years to harmonize with the current world
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| which stresses the kidneys
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| | view.
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| The Gospel According to Industrial
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| | The world would be a much kinder,
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| Agriculture
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| | healthier place today if people had gone
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| Nothing in our modern human diet has been
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| | with greens, grains and beans instead of
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| as misunderstood, and as misrepresented,
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| | milk and meat as the solution to dietary
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| as protein. It's considered by most
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| | deficiencies. A few people did – they
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| people as the foundation of nutrition ---
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| | adopted a vegetarian diet, and their
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| and essential to life. The importance of
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| | dietary protein comes mainly from plants.
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