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How much protein do we need | Dr Stuart Phillips and Dr Christopher Gardner

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Don't Worry About Protein, Just Eat Enough Food

As long as you eat a variety of foods in your diet, I think you're going to get 16 to 18% protein. Every culture has figured out that a grain and a legume pair are the way to eat your protein. That suggests that there's a teleological lesson in pairing those proteins. We've just got to stop saying that plants are deficient or insufficient in certain amino acids.

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