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Upgrade Your Health by Changing the Foods You Eat | Matthew Nagra, ND

The Proof with Simon Hill

CHAPTER

Plant-Based Diets: Protein Myths and Realities

This chapter addresses common misconceptions about plant-based diets and protein sources, discussing essential amino acids in plant foods, protein digestibility, and different protein scoring systems. It emphasizes that plant foods can provide all essential amino acids and explains the ease of meeting protein requirements through plant-based sources, even for bodybuilding. The conversation also touches on the controversy around lectins in plant-based proteins, cooking techniques to eliminate lectins, and the importance of legumes in a longevity-focused diet.

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