what is considered lean protein on raw foods?

Seaweeds? Like Laver or spirulina.

Ian.

Sprouts are mostly protein I think.

The problem with most high protein low fat raw plant foods is that you can't eat them in great quantities. They are either too bitter, too full of antinutrients (sprouts), iodine and salt (sea vegetables) and must be eaten only sparingly or as condiments.

The only things I can see that you can eat a lot of without GI distress are the mild watery nonstarchy vegetables or fruits such as lettuces, summer squashes, cucumbers. If you were really serious about getting a lot of protein, you could dehydrate 2 heads of romaine lettuce (18 g protein), a kg of summer squash (14 g of protein), and 4 large cucumbers (8 g protein). That would give you a base of about 40 g. Fully dehydrating would reduce volume to 1/5 of the original volume. It would be very expensive unless you grew your own.

You could supplement this protein base with sparing amounts of sea vegetables, sprouts, asparagus, mushrooms, cruciferous vegetables, and spinach to round out your lowfat protein sources.

Also each piece of sweet fruit you eat will have 1-2 g of protein. Your nuts/seeds can also make a considerable contribution.

The "raw" protein powders processed at low temps such as rice and hemp are not really raw. Processors use enzymes to separate the protein from the carbohydrate and fat fractions of the whole foods. This ends up denaturing the proteins even at low temps.

You could also try making nut milks for added protein. Green veggies, nuts and seeds are good sources.

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Prism

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Prism Wrote:
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> You could also try making nut milks for added
> protein. Green veggies, nuts and seeds are good
> sources.
>
> Love,
> Prism


Jen Rose has a delicious looking nut milk recipe called "Nutter Nanner Smoothie" on the recipe forum. If I don't go out of town this weekend, I'm going to try it myself. I'll bump it up to the top since it's on page 3 right now.