% of diet that has to be from plants to be "plant based"?

n0ob
n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
in Food and Nutrition
just wanting some clarification here.

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  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    100% should be traceable to a plant through the food chain
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    100% should be traceable to a plant through the food chain

    Who knew my diet was plant based
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    so what if that plant has absorbed nutrients from animal remains?
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    seriously, what % does it have to be to fit the moniker?
  • Tw1zzler
    Tw1zzler Posts: 583
    so what if that plant has absorbed nutrients from animal remains?

    The space time continuum implodes, dogs and cats live together and the world comes to a horrific end.
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    seriously, what % does it have to be to fit the moniker?

    Percentage of diet by volume or by calorie count?
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    calorie count
  • krisiepoo
    krisiepoo Posts: 710 Member
    seriously, what % does it have to be to fit the moniker?

    In my mind, it's subjective so use whatever % you want :)
  • LittleMissDover
    LittleMissDover Posts: 820 Member
    Who cares?
  • Tw1zzler
    Tw1zzler Posts: 583
    Seriously though I think that to most people it means being vegan or 100% plant based. I've read Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman who pushes a fully vegan diet, he points out that if you eat enough broccoli you can get the same amount of protein as a steak... I can't eat that much broccoli. It's a subjective term. A nutritional anthropologist might say a culture had a plant based diet but maybe they ate fish or meat when it was available.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    he points out that if you eat enough broccoli you can get the same amount of protein as a steak

    useful fact is useful

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