A Diet with Protein

How much protein in our diet do we really need?

According to the Standard American Diet (SAD) protein is emphasize to be consumed by about one quarter of our daily food consumption in order to be healthy. They even emphasize how plant based eaters can gain this total amount. For example, a women about 150 pounds is recommended to consume 53 grams of protein daily. However what is not recognized by the SAD is that consuming too much protein acidifies your body, leading to inflammation which leads to chronic diseases.

When we actually take a hard look at the whole food plant based diet, the statics show that ALL plant foods contain protein. By emphasizing the eating of more specific type of plant food, the person will get more protein but we are setting the body up for inflammation even though it is plant foods.

For whole food, plant based consumers, the total amount of protein goal should be around 25 grains, a little more or less depending on your lifestyle and gender. Truly what we need to focus on is eating larger quantities, about 70%, should be of vegetables or fruits at a meal. The remaining amount is to be divided up by whole grains, beans, seeds and sparely nuts. Eating this way will allow our bodies to naturally to become alkaline thus reducing the chances of inflammation which lead to chronic diseases.