Vegetarian? Use this to ensure enough protein
Posted on Dec 21st 2007 2:28PM by Mary Kearl
As a garden-burger loving, edamame-snacking vegetarian of 6+ years, I've always scoffed at nay-sayers with their protests of: "How can you possibly get enough protein?" and "vegetarian diets just aren't complete." I've long retorted back with my healthy-living stats and facts:Vegetarians are less likely to:
- Develop high cholesterol.
- Die because of coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Develop high blood pressure.
- Develop prostate or colorectal cancer.
- Develop type 2 diabetes.
- Be overweight.
- And the list goes on and on...
But still, I wanted to be sure. Was I really getting enough protein? That's why when I came across this free daily-food-intake tracker from the USDA, I immediately entered my daily stats to see if I was getting enough protein. It was really simple to sign up for, and it prints out every nutritional stat you could want with side-by-side comparisons of what you ate, and what you need. And guess what my results show? Because of my regular hummus, peanut butter and chocolate-covered nuts snacks, I am getting plenty of protein.
What snacks and foods do you eat to get enough protein?












