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0 pointseshvk12y ago0 comments

Most of the protein shake stuff would not solve the issue for a vegan diet. Most of the protein shake stuff is made from Whey or Casein or egg whites which IIRC are not vegan. There is pea protein or hemp protein but my quick googling tells me is high carb and low protein and can easily throw you off your calorie limits.

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vidarh12y ago

Both pea protein and soy protein products with comparable protein to kcal ratios are available from the company I buy my protein from.

I'm not vegan, so I've never bothered trying them, but it doesn't seem like it'd be a big problem.

My concern (see my other comment) would be that the diet shown certainly is extremely high calorie, and it looks like it'd be pretty much all nasty shakes to get it down to a more normal level with the same amount of protein.

(EDIT: Note, this would only really be an issue if you do heavy resistance training, as the protein level in that diet is very high for someone who isn't doing weight lifting)

pstuart12y ago

Defatted peanut flour is high protein/low calorie.

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