[fast5] Re: Need to Clarify...(Paul, protein)

>So I have chosen to increase my protein intake.

Gotcha, Karen.

>I looked and looked for weight-training vegetarians to see how they get 'enough' protein, and it
> seems all of them use some form of powder.

i dunno if you saw it but there is an excellent site called veganbodybuilding that has a lot of great info on it including a forum.  what i like about the site is that it is pretty neutral and tolerant. there are people at different sides of the spectrum and in between, too; in that some are raw fruitarians who will not use powders at all, others who supplement like crazy, and others who mix and match. 

Still, imo at least for myself, it is definitely a challenge to get the protein without processing unless you eat a whole lot of volume. Either you are going to eat huge amounts of grains, beans, nuts & seeds (which all have a decent amount of protein), huger (is that even a word?) amounts of fruits and veggies (which have minimal but some protein in them), or the hugest buckets of bacteria/yeast/fungi stuff like spirulina, chlorella, nutritional yeasts, dried mushrooms (which i have never been able to do personally)...

> I'd much rather eat 'real' meat than constant powders, so, for now, I'm
> eating 4 meals (all day, on lifting days), and using my whey powder for one
> of those meals, with meat or eggs or dairy the other meals.

I think it's important to do what you feel is best for you. Which is why, for me, I continue to do the powders, tofu, tempeh, gluten, etc. to support the mainstay of my diet: veggies, fruits, whole grains, beans, nuts, and seeds...

Paul

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Karen" <laurvick@...> wrote:
>
> That is my situation, too, Paul...
>
> I suppose I not unhealthy while I ate a mostly vegetarian diet earlier this
> year, but I lost muscle tone, which I did NOT like (and my tummy hurt all
> the time!).
>
> So I have chosen to increase my protein intake. I looked and looked for
> weight-training vegetarians to see how they get 'enough' protein, and it
> seems all of them use some form of powder.
>
> I'd much rather eat 'real' meat than constant powders, so, for now, I'm
> eating 4 meals (all day, on lifting days), and using my whey powder for one
> of those meals, with meat or eggs or dairy the other meals.
>
> On my big fast day yesterday, I had one chicken breast and one scoop of whey
> (but, hey! My lifts this morning were incredible!!!)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fast5@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fast5@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul
> Katz
> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:58 AM
> To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [fast5] Re: Need to Clarify...
>
>
> Personally i'd like to eat as natural and unprocessed as possible but can we
> get the "optimum nutrition" from eating buckets of fruits & veggies, beans,
> greens & whole grains?
>
> that's why i still eat the powders and analogs...
>

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