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Protein is arguably the most important nutrient we can receive through our food.
It is the building block of life, helps us develop and heal, generate bone, muscle, cartilage, skin, and blood cells and even make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. [1]
So you could say, protein is pretty vital to our very existence!
Protein deficiency is often touted as one of the major downsides to a vegan diet; Grandma Jones will nag you over the Christmas dinner, “but where will you get your protein if you don’t eat your turkey?”
Meat contains protein — there’s no arguing it. Just like our own bodies, the bodies of animals are literally made of the stuff — around 20 percent of the human body is protein. So some would suggest it’s only logical that our best source of protein is the meat of other sentient beings. This makes sense, until you realise that the very animals consumed for their protein are 100 percent herbivorous, gaining every molecule of their protein from plants.
It’s also somewhat humbling looking to some of the powerhouses of the animal kingdom — including bulls, gorillas and elephants — rippling in muscles…
