Don’t I need more protein for more strength, energy, health and fitness? (Part 1 of 2)

Most of us believe that more protein is needed to increase strength, fitness, and energy. This is a common, unquestioningly accepted myth that has been perpetuated for the last fifty or more years.

And in today’s business climate of advertising and promoting meat, dairy, protein diets, protein drinks, protein shakes, protein bars, and fitness gurus, you might be wondering, “Don’t we need more protein to make us stronger? and energy?

We don’t need to eat meat protein to build big, strong muscles and generate more energy. Plant foods provide all the protein we need for strong, healthy muscles.

As for energy, our best sources of energy are not protein at all.

You can dig into some basic biology or nutrition books to find out which foods provide strength and energy, or just look to nature for some common sense answers.

What is one of the largest mammals on this planet? Does an elephant immediately come to mind? What food sources provide this animal with big, big, strong muscles and more than enough energy?

Plant foods! Elephants don’t eat cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, eggs, milk, cheese, or fish for their protein to build big, powerful muscles and increase their energy.

Elephants eat plant foods and not a wide variety of plant foods. If elephants can eat and thrive on plant foods alone, don’t you think that you, with your relatively small muscles and small frame, can also thrive on plant foods? Of course he can.

When in doubt about which foods are necessary for human health, just ask the elephants!

But what about energy? Don’t we need to eat animal sources of protein to get enough energy?

Find out in Part 2 of this 2-part article: Don’t I Need More Protein for Strength, Energy, and Fitness?