Vegans & Vegetarians! Where do you get your protein?

GMO free/Vegan Protein Powder and Tofu, Organic beans, nuts/seeds, and dairy free (usually coconut or almond) greek yogurt.

Superfoods like Hemp but also beans and almond milk are extremely helpful towards reaching my protein goal as a vegan 99% of the time.

I personally don't think you need to watch your protein intake unless you are trying to build muscle.

Protein is important for satiety... feeling full. Eat a low protein diet, you will feel hungry all the time and overeat.

I eat eggs, nuts, nut butters, beans, lentils, quinoa, chia seeds, Vega protein powder (plant based) and dairy (yogurt, cheese).

I personally don't think you need to watch your protein intake unless you are trying to build muscle.

Protein is important for satiety... feeling full. Eat a low protein diet, you will feel hungry all the time and overeat.

Protein is also important for your body to function even if you aren't trying to build muscle. Parts of you are wearing out and need to be rebuilt or replaced constantly. and protein is vital for that.

According to the National Academies of Science, “all enzymes, membrane carriers, blood transport molecules, the intracellular matrices, hair, fingernails, serum albumin, keratin, and collagen are proteins, as are many hormones and a large part of membranes. Moreover, the constituent amino acids of protein act as precursors of many coenzymes, hormones, nucleic acides, and other molecules essential for life.” http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10490&page=590

The RDA is 0.8 g of protein per kilogram of body weight. (To convert from pounds to kilograms, divide by 2.2.)

Whoops. Just did my own math, based on that formula, and I need more protein! I had been thinking I was doing good by beating the RDA of 46 g for adult women, but that would only meet the .8 g/kg recommendation for someone who weighs 126.5 pounds. It's hard to believe that 126.5 pounds is the average actual weight of U.S. women. It must be based on what would be the average healthy weight of U.S. women.

http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/articles/plant-food-protein-chart.pdf

http://www.22daysnutrition.com/blog/2013/05/01/15-vegan-sources-of-protein-soy-free-and-gluten-free-too/

Protein supplements.

I guess it mostly depends on your preferences. This works for me:

I like to eat about 100 grams of protein a day.
If I make a seitan loaf on the weekend I usually meet my macros. I have a baked seitan recipe that has fresh ginger, garlic, thyme, sage, braggs, nutritional yeast and fried onions in it and it's baked... Message me for the recipe if you're interested.
Then I supplement with nutritional yeast, chili, curried lentil soup, broccoli, kale, a few nuts and buffalo tofu:)

I find that sometimes I am too lazy to prepare the seitan and tofu, at those times I do go out for sushi or I buy greek yogurt or eat other vegetarian sources of protein . Another option, though, is to buy processed vegan foods or make shakes with a vegan protein powder (gag!).

Hope this helps:)

I personally don't think you need to watch your protein intake unless you are trying to build muscle.

Protein is important for satiety... feeling full. Eat a low protein diet, you will feel hungry all the time and overeat.

Protein is also important for your body to function even if you aren't trying to build muscle. Parts of you are wearing out and need to be rebuilt or replaced constantly. and protein is vital for that.

According to the National Academies of Science, “all enzymes, membrane carriers, blood transport molecules, the intracellular matrices, hair, fingernails, serum albumin, keratin, and collagen are proteins, as are many hormones and a large part of membranes. Moreover, the constituent amino acids of protein act as precursors of many coenzymes, hormones, nucleic acides, and other molecules essential for life.” http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10490&page=590

The RDA is 0.8 g of protein per kilogram of body weight. (To convert from pounds to kilograms, divide by 2.2.)

Whoops. Just did my own math, based on that formula, and I need more protein! I had been thinking I was doing good by beating the RDA of 46 g for adult women, but that would only meet the .8 g/kg recommendation for someone who weighs 126.5 pounds. It's hard to believe that 126.5 pounds is the average actual weight of U.S. women. It must be based on what would be the average healthy weight of U.S. women.

A very interesting thread about the RDA recommendations for protein...
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/869015-fundamental-flaws-with-rda-recommendations-for-protein

Also another great thread about protein intake...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/823505-research-on-protien-intake

Food that's where I get mine from

What a wonderful, supportive and informative answer. Cudos.

Nuts, beans, seeds, tofu, soy milk, almond milk, veggies. I've been doing this (vegan) for like two weeks and any cravings I had are gone. I'm going to get some nutritional yeast next check and see if it really does taste like cheese!