Re: lose weight on vegetarian diet?

From: tcomeau (tunderbar_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: 12 Oct 2004 07:10:21 -0700

"magnulus" <magnulus@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<ZwIad.74867$yp.40622@bignews1.bellsouth.net>...
> I get the protein crap all the time, and it is simply a myth that
> vegetarian diets are so low in protein that they aren't adequate. The body,
> and muscles, are built mostly upon water. The lining of cells are made from
> fats. Human breast milk is only 5 percent protein.
>

It is not a concern about the amount of protein, it is a concern about
specific essential proteins, as well as specific essential fats and
specific vitamins that, by definition, are essential.

No vegetarian diet can provide all the essential proteins, fats and
micro-nutrients and for idiots to come onto a science forum and try to
say otherwise is plainly ridiculous. Animal source foods are essential
for optimum health.

TC

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