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418: 7 Myths About A Plant Based Diet (Part 2).

3 weeks ago

Last week I shared the first 3 of 7 Myths About A Plant Based Diet.

To recap:

Myth #1: You’ll Get Sick ...or Too Thin.

Myth #2: You’ll Be Hungry.

Myth #3: You’ll Miss Out On Vital Micronutrients.

I have the final 4 such myths to bust for you today.

Before we get rolling, I’m learning:

A) I need to get super articulate, ..

B) In the same way that it’s cool to comment freely (with judgement) on a little weight loss it alsoseems totally normal to scrutinize what might possibly be lacking in a vego / vegan meal plan even though you don’t dish out any such level of scrutiny to a ‘Normal' (huge inverted comma’s) meat eating meal plan.

It’s all good. The more objections there are to address - and this I’m sure applies to any new approach to nutrition or for that matter exercise - the more objections equals the more opportunities to dig deep and really uncover the best solutions.

Rather than just blindly power on into a new approach fueled by emotion alone.

Which, I'll admit was my approach as a 16 year old when I became vegetarian. I put exactly zero thought into what I was giving my body so far as macro and micronutrients. It was just about not eating animals. 

Now, I’m, ready and willing to counter any objections with copious awesome alternatives.

Onwards with...
Myths About A Plant Based Diet #4: You’ll Miss Out On Vital Macronutrients.
So far as macronutrients (so that’s Carbs, Proteins and Fats), Protein is of course the one that is heralded as hard to meet adequate requirements of on a Vego or Vegan diet.

In a food based convo it’s the first question I get asked: “But where do you get your protein?"

A few years ago I wouldn’t have known where to turn for plant based protein. I’d ditched soy (after learning about it’s unwelcome ability to mimic the effect of estrogen in your body and lead to extra fat storage in oestrogen sensitive areas - like your hips and thighs!)and was very reliant on Whey protein, cottage cheese and eggs. 

I still believed the myth that ‘complete’ proteins can only be found in animal products.

Amusingly, today eating 100% plant based I easily consume 90 grams of protein each and every day… which is more than the vast majority of my meat eating girlfriends.

Here’s how my current day of plant based protein looks:

4-5 scoops of Raw Vegan Organic Protein powder. (Mine is brown rice based however hemp based is also a great option).
50-100 grams of roasted, unsalted Cashews.
2Tablespoons of Hemp seeds. 
1 Tablespoon of Tahini.And then the more recent additions to my shopping basket...
2Tablespoons of Chia seeds. 
1 Tablespoon of Pumpkin seeds. 
1 Teaspoon of Spirulina.
1 Teaspoon of Dulse Flakes.

You’ll see that I’ve naturally got my good fats pretty covered with that list of proteins. I also enjoy: an assortment of oils like: coconut / olive / macadamia / avocado oil and also plenty of fresh avocado.

Carbs are not the macronutrient that any of us need to up the anti on including! My easy carb recommendation is to focus primarily on one ingredient foods and especially to get generous with a huge variety of fibrous veg.

So less bread and cereal - more brussels and cauli!
Myths About A Plant Based Diet #5: It’s really Hard. …and Inconvenient.
As I mentioned last week, this was perhaps the myth that I fell for most.

It absolutely turned out to be a happy mistake. In fact, I’ve gotten into the habit of making a big batch of curry once or twice a week so if anything, it’s actually a little more convenient.

I’ll link to the post with my vegan curry recipe in it in the show notes for today. It varies each time however the constant is starting with a nice smokey eggplant that I’ve rubbed in oil and grilled for 30 minutes before scooping out the flesh and discarding the skin an...

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