Veganism is the new buzzword all over the world, with health fanatics steadily moving to a vegan diet for purported health advantage and the ethics about the treatment of animals. It has not only got the general population to take to this new form of living but also many athletes, sportsmen, and bodybuilders.
However, to get the same amount of proteins from the plant-based diet as from animal diet is quite severe. Hence, it requires a measured form of eating the right proteins and in proper quantities in order to extract maximum protein. It is of paramount importance to athletes and bodybuilders as a lot of energy and calories are burned in physical activity and, thus need to be replaced with good proteins to get the desired effects.
Many studies have proven that a high-protein-diet is needed for losing fat and building muscle. This is where most vegan bodybuilders face problems. Proteins derived from animal meat and poultry is much more than plants. For instance, a cup of boiled spinach has only 5 grams of protein, while an egg contains around 57 grams of protein per pound. Hence, it is much easier to stick to a non-vegan diet to get proteins and build body mass.
Ingredients:
2 pounds cremini mushrooms
2 ½ tbsp. olive oil
2 tbsp. soy sauce
2 minced garlic cloves
spinach for serving
Directions:
Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Slice up the mushrooms, and place the mushrooms in a large mixing bowl with the rest of the ingredients—except for the spinach. Bake the ingredients in a baking dish for thirty minutes.
Next, remove the baked ingredients, and place them overtop of the spinach in a serving bowl. Enjoy.
When you announce your decision to stay off animal foods of all kinds, do you get that weird look from others or a genuinely concerned, “What will you eat?” Meat eaters and even some dairy-loving vegetarians see vegans as a fringe group –with extremist diet tendencies and fanatical love for animals. This is just not the case.
Fellow vegans get you, as they have all been there at one point. Don’t let skeptics or naysayers stop you from embarking on this exciting adventure –one that will last a lifetime and change you as a person.
This is indeed an adventure of sorts in the initial phases. If you are a vegetarian or practice Meatless Monday techniques, the journey to complete abstention is relatively easier. You can give up meat and seafood sooner, but dairy products, especially cheese and yogurt, are a different story.
Some choose to be Vegan because they love animals, but many converts have other reasons to join the bandwagon. Others choose this for health reasons to combat chronic and lifestyle diseases. Some are almost there vegans who only focus on food for weight loss and good health, but use other animal products.
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