I get lots of protein thank you very much! (lemmy.ca)

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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Current international recommendation is 0.8g of protein for every kg you weigh.

Who do these ridiculous vegoons think I am? Someone who can incorporate easy, dirt-cheap, tasty, endlessly varied, widely available, shelf-stable, and extremely healthy foods like legumes into my diet?

[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

B12 is actually something that I think about. Not very hard, it's a once a month pill, but definitely more than protein.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Wow a once-a-month pill? We're taking ones once a day. Didn't even know they came in such high concentrations

[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

They do in Romania at least. B12 is fat soluble, which makes life much easier.

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Why not yeast? In powder form or whatever. Does that not feel more like eating food than popping a pill? Serious question, not being facetious.

[-] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I don't have a problem with medication/supplements. I personally don't have a problem with popping a pill once in a while instead of a factory farmed animal taking an injection on my behalf once in a while.

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hard to argue with that. But from the point of view of convincing others, I do worry about the optics of a diet that requires what looks like a medical supplement.

Personally this is my red line and why I won't (for now) go completely vegan (I eat eggs). But the yeast approach strikes me as the obvious way of sort-of squaring the circle - i.e. having a diet that consists only of actual food that occurs in nature.

Anyway, this is just pontification in the name of debate. I know that's a risky proposition in this forum but I'm doing it anyway! Absolutely not a criticism of you or veganism, which I respect very much.

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