Macros from Plants

nelnova
nelnova Posts: 57 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Can I get all 3 of my macro nutrients from Plants and Raw Veggies???

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  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    At 55/15/30 cpf? Absolutely.

    Little difficult to do 25% protein or more from plants unless you're eating powders or tofu all the time.
  • lyttlewon
    lyttlewon Posts: 1,118 Member
    Technically, yes.
  • nelnova
    nelnova Posts: 57 Member
    At 55/15/30 cpf? Absolutely.

    Little difficult to do 25% protein or more from plants unless you're eating powders or tofu all the time.

    Well I guess with the powder I could get the protein ....But as far as losing fat and preserving muscle with little to no meat involved. can that be accomplished?
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    absolutely. Even in a high protein individual eating meat, plants should make up most of the diet, with most/all of that coming as raw or minimally processed foods.

    I was just saying that a high protein macro goal (25% and up) is tough because most plant protein sources deamed "good sources of protein" are only around 25%-35% calories from protein.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    There's a number of websites out there that I've seen people post in the past about vegetarian and vegan weight lifters and how to go about it. I'm sure Google will hand you back plenty of results about it. :)

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