how to stay on a raw vegan diet



now if you are a vegan or if you've even everthought for a second about being vegan, someone somewhere has asked you, so where do you getyour protein? so i'm going to show you where i get mine. now during this nugget i'll beshowing footage of me eating one of my most protein rich meals. now there are my dates,and my mountain of lettuce. so you can watch me chow down throughout this video. now i'mnot going to go into all the nuances and details

how to stay on a raw vegan diet, of the vegan protein debate, just going totalk a little bit about it, show you where i get my protein from, and about how muchi average daily. there are so many vegan sources of protein, and vegan diets can vary as muchin content as non-vegan diets. first off, and this is something i'll go into more detaillater, we don't really require as much protein

as most of us think we do. and in realityit's virtually impossible to not get enough protein. unless of course you aren't consumingenough calories at all, or you're exclusively eating highly processed refined foods. butin general, protein really isn't something to fret about. okay quick timeout here, takea look at my super ghetto giant phone. just to satisfy the question, some vegan sourcesof protein include vegetables, specifically leafy greens, just see the rapid munchingme as a reference, broccoli, zucchini, and other vegetables, all variety of beans, tofu,tempe, nuts and nut butters, non-dairy milks, quinoa, lintel, sprouted bread products, andbelieve it or not fruits have protein. any whole food is actually made up of carbohydratesprotein and fat, and contains a percentage

of each of those categories. dr. douglas grahamwrite "despite the advertising hype of the meat and dairy industries, humans requirean extraordinarily low amount of protein in their diets." in a very basic way, proteinis for growth and repair. now if you think about a time in our lives when we need togrow the very most, it's when we are infants. this is the time in our lives where we willexperience our most rapid growth. and thus have our highest need for protein per calorieever. so it follows that human breast milk would need to have the most amount of proteinfor calories of anything that we would ever need to eat. and human breast milk is [drum roll] 6%protein.

which is less than cherries, oranges, peaches, strawberries, watermelon, tomato,cucumbers, potatoes, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, and countless other fruitsand vegetables. and now for some stats. the typical us recommended daily allowance iscurrently 46g per day for women and 56g of protein per day for men. this is roughly 0.36gper pound of body weight or 0.8g per kilogram of body weight. the world health organizationrecommends 0.66g per kilograms per day of protein, and states that this "can be acceptedas the best estimate of a population average requirement for healthy adults." in all realitythe percentage of protein from our entire daily intake is more important than the gramsof protein. according to the longest nutritional

study ever conducted, the china study, whichwas based on over 40 years of research, we require only 5 to 6% of calories to come fromprotein. the 9 to 10% that has been recommended for the past 50 years has been in order toassure that most people get their 5 to 6%. this study also showed that animal derivedprotein is incredibly cancer-causing and detrimental to health in a number of ways. it also showedthat plant protein, even in amounts of excess of 10%, showed no ill health effects. thinkthat you need more protein to build some muscle? think again of the infants growing extraordinarilyon 6% protein. but if you still want more protein, go for it. just keep it plant basedto avoid some serious health issues. so let's see how my diet measures up. well, i consumedall of my dates. 2.2% protein, adding 2.4g

for me, and almost all of my lettuce, 5 poundsof it at least, at 17.4% protein which added a whopping 28g of protein for me. my totalprotein intake for that day with my other fruit meals added in was 49.8g, which eventrumps the us rda requirements. my overall

calonutrient ratio for the day was 88.5% carbs,6.9% protein, and 4.6% fat. so that's where i get my protein from. thanks for tuning inand i'll see you guys next wednesday. please visit bitesizevegan.com and sign up for thenewsletter for free updates, exclusives, and to never miss a nugget. and be sure to subscribeto the channel.