done, done. Okay, today we are talking about a very serious topic. Actually, it's not that

serious, but I hope all the listeners can really relate to me. Any vegan person, any vegetarian, any plant-based

person, any nutritarian has probably been asked the question, where do you get your protein?

Protein has been a hot topic for, I don't even know how long. How long has it been,

dad? I don't know. Forever. Since the Gotten'L campaign? When was that? The 40s? In the elementary school, I remember, that teaching us how important the four basic food groups were and you've got to get your protein from animal products. We all learned this when we were like six years old. Right. They drilled it into our brain. Eat a lot of protein. Get big, get strong. Get your protein. So that resulted in a world today that is very protein conscious. So today we're going to talk about where do you get your protein? We are. That's what you're talking about. Welcome. This is the Eat to Live podcast. So actually I'm also excited because this is one of our first podcasts. Oh, I guess second podcast that we've done in person as opposed to just online.

So it kind of feels like one of our natural post-dinner confos, which is cool.

Dr. Furman, if you will, tell me how does someone on a plant-based diet where they're not

eating meat or at least a lot of meat,

where do they get their protein?

Well, first of all, all foods pretty much have some protein, fat, and carbohydrate in them.

There's very few foods that don't have protein in them.

Even a banana has protein.

Even fruit has some protein.

But fruit basically is the plant food at the lowest amount of protein. Grains, beans, vegetables, nuts, seeds,

almost anything else other than fruit has higher amounts of protein. But the richest protein

plant foods are, of course, beans and lentils, nuts and seeds, especially particular nuts and seeds, and green vegetables.

So green and beans and lentils and peas. Beans and lentils are very high in protein because their carbohydrate content as listed on the

official analysis is not all absorbable some of that carbohydrate is lost go passes through you

the amount of calories you're absorbing from a bean has more protein than is even listed so beans

really help with building strength and mass.

So you can get more than adequate protein on a well-designed plant-based diet,

including these natural plant foods.

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