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Originally Posted by Johnnyzen
Heather, there are many following the protein fad. In reality, your body does not need or want that much protein. Plant foods provide high quality protein, all that we need. even broccoli, not a high protein food, contains 11 per-cent protein. If 11 percent of our diet was protein, we would be fine. The macro diet provides plenty of protein.
What these other diets have that you do not need is refined carbs, animal food, etc. which contributes to diabetes, hert problems, etc. Preparing macro meals is easy. To start, get a pressure cooker, and buy some simple books on macro cooking.
Remember, the skinniest people on the planet eat plenty of unrefined carbs. A high starch diet is recommended by others outside of the macro movement, like Dr. McDoughal, who knows what he is talking about. Good luck!
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Johnnyzen, I don't know where you read your information at, but you need to do a little more research and find some studies that substantiate your claims. You are a spreading misinformation. Your body does need protien and fat. Carbohydrates are the only non-essential nutrient. You could live without carbs, but if you stopped eating protien or fat you would die. Secondly, any dietician or doctor will tell you that vegan protien is the lowest quality protien available. Only 15% of the vegetable protien consumed is "bio-available" as compared to eggs 90%, milk 80%, fish, chicken and beef 60%. Which means to get the same amount of usable protien from fish as opposed to vegan sources you would have to eat 120g of vegetable protien as oppposed to 30g of fish to get the same amount of usable protien. Do you have any clue how much protien you would have to eat to meet your RDA for protien? You'd turn green first. If this girl sticks to perdominatly vegetables, some good protien sources like fish, and avoids grains, even whole grains, she should be able to meet her goal for physique performance and mantain a macrobiotic diet.