what are some good ways for a vegitarian to get Protein?

Question

How can a vegitarian (doent eat fish either) get protien and other essential nutrients to build muscle.

i know about eating nuts and beans, but other sources?

Answer 1

first answerer is a lugan.

anyway you can get protein LOTS of ways -- tofu is one, beans and rice (make a complete protein), cheese (if you're not vegan), peanut butter (sandwich, toast, on crackers, on bagels....) is a good one.

Answer 2

Soy, beans, peas, lentils, nuts. Years ago they used to say that you had to combine proteins to get all of the essential amino acids. Now the current wisdom is to eat a variety of foods every day, and the protein thing takes care of itself.

Answer 3

If you are not vegan, cheese and eggs are good protein.

Tofu (soybean curd), tempeh (fermented soybeans), and seitan/mock duck (wheat gluten) are great alternatives to meat that can be prepared in many ways. They can be found at health foods stores and tofu can usually be found at most grocery stores.

Morning Star Farms and Boca sell many tvp (textured vegetable protein) products such as "burger" patties and "sausage" crumbles. These can easily take the place of meat in most recipes. My husband uses the Morning Star Farms sausage crumbles in his famous lasagna recipe and no one is any the wiser that it's vegetarian.

Brewers yeast (do not confuse with baker's yeast) is fifty-percent protein and is high in B vitamins. It mixes well with most foods, especially drinks. Mix with brown rice to make a complete protein.

Corn is suppossed to be a good muscle builder as well. Cornmeal enriched with lysine is a complete protein.

Answer 4

By eating a wide variety of food! I am not kidding. protein very misunderstood and is such a huge concern to people when it does not need to be.

I will explain in greater detail for you. First I am gonna explain protein better to you.

Protein is made and built from amino acids. There are 23 different amino acids, 15 of them are made in your body. 8 of them must be eaten in food. Your body will use these amino acids to buld protein. Each kind of animal will use a differnt combonation of each kind of amino acid to build the righ kind of protein for that particular species. An easy way to think of and understand this is to imagine each kind of the amino acid to be different color of lego, and imagine each kind of protein to look like different lego constuctions. So a nuts or animals protein etc would look different than a humans.

When protein is digested your body can't absorbe the protein in the form it is. It has to digest long enough so that the protein breaks down to its amino acids again, now your body can absorbe the amino acids and can build a human protein.

All nutritive material is formed in the plant kingdom; plants can synthesize amino acids from air, earth, and water, but animals, including humans are dependant on plant protein. eatherby directly, by eating plants, or indirectly, by eating the flesh of an animal that has eaten plants.

That is why powerfull animals like horses, cows, elephants, oxen, camels have all the protein they need. They build it from the abundance of amino acids that they consume eating plant life. Did you know that a cow is born weighing 75lbs and in less than 4 years it will weigh 800 to 1500lbs? alot of protein is required to grow that fast!

All fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains, sprouts are rich with amino acids if you are eating plenty of these foods you WILL get plenty of protein. But you don't have to eat protein to get protein just keep this in mind.

I never seek out protein foods, I just eat fruit, vegetables, whole grain foods, and a few nuts and seeds.

I am doing some muscle building myself atm and I am doing very well. I have tons of energy, and am not lacking muscle streangth at all!

Oh and I forgot to say

Human breast milk is only 5% protein the time in your life when you grow the most is between 1 day and 6 months. A baby will double its birth weight. an adult human does not need any more than 5% protein. Too much protein in your diet is unhealthy and hard on your liver and kidneys.

Answer 5

Protien shake mixs from the health food store, good source of protien. Usally made from soy. Some times eggs.

Answer 6

Meat substitutes such as Quorn or TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) are good. There are some nice vegetarian cheeses available. Also if you are specifically looking to bulk out muscle there are the protein powders and milkshakes that athletes use.

Answer 7

Tofu (and soy beans) in general, are excellent way to get proteins. Grain mixed with beans gives you all the essential proteins. Mushrooms are also a good source of protein.
If you are not vegan, milk, cheese, and egg whites are all rich in protein.

Answer 8

I like tofu because it's so versatile... The secret to preparing it is making sure to press the water out before cooking it. I also love brown rice and legumes. Edamame is another refreshing choice- great in a cold bean salad, with pasta, or by itself as a snack

Answer 9

I think tofu is a protein as well as nuts and beans, as you already know. Cheese and eggs are a good source of protein as well.

Answer 10

Also, soy protein comes in a powder form, and can be mixed into the foods you've been accustomed to eating.