If The Time Came When The Only Source Of Protein Available To You...

[sandyRoe]

... was from insects, crickets and the like, or pulses, lentils, chickpeas and others what would you pick.?

[nailedit]

Animal protein.

Apart fro that I would like to be given the choice.

[nailedit]

Once hd a GF that was a vegetarien.

She only ever got her protein from veg. She was always ill. Tried to provide her with protein in other ways but didnt work out...

[Canary42]

I've eaten cricket curry, no problem.

[sandyRoe]

Nailed it

Maybe that says more about you than her 😉

[nailedit]

//Maybe that says more about you than her 😉//

She accepted it graciously, maybe didnt always apprriciate it 😂

[barry1010]

Insects.  They can be baked in to cakes and nobody would notice, disguised in many ways.

I enjoy all fruit, veg, legumes, nuts, pulses, cereals, fungi - I'll try any type of plant but protein is important.  Tofu and quorn are great sources of protein but tofu is a faff to make at home and quorn is highly processed.

I'll eat everything, thank you very much, including the insects.

[naomi24]

I'd choose the vegetarian option.

 

I have a friend who went vegetarian and like nailedit's girlfriend was subsequently always unwell.  It transpired she had a blood disorder.  She became pescatarian and was cured.

[barry1010]

nailedit, my vegan daughter and her vegan family are very fit and healthy.  She has a very physical outdoors job and runs marathons; her children are very active and spend most of their time outdoors too.

Some people who eat very well get ill; some who don't eat well sail through life without so much as a cold.  We are not all the same, maybe it's luck of the draw.

[nailedit]

 barry, agree 100 percent.

Ive researched for years the effects of diferent diets.

As far as humans can go the only conclusion that I can come to is....we are all different!

[pastafreak]

I'd want to try both first...each for a week or so to see how I felt. I'm curious about insects if crunchy. Lentils and some beans in particular make me...uncomfortable. 

I know I feel best on animal protein...chicken, fish, seafood, lamb, pork, a bit of beef. Oh, and dairy and eggs.

[pastafreak]

A lot of research is required before switching to a vegetarian, and even more so, vegan diet in order to really eat healthily for your body. Just eating plants won't work.

[Maydup]

Plant based for me, but a I'd prefer it unprocessed. The highly processed plant proteins are as bad for us as processed meat. 

[Old_Geezer]

I'd pick pulses, lentils, chickpeas and others.

 

These are foods I am familiar with, as opposed to the lifeforms one keeps well away from one's food.