Daphne
Molina

Can someone give an account of vegetable food with protein?


My 16 years old teenage son had joined a gym few weeks back, and his fitness coach had asked him to take protein powder as a supplement to build up muscles. However, the supplement did not suit him, as he got allergic to protein powder. I consulted him to a doctor, and she advised to modulate his diet by including vegetable food with protein. I would really appreciate if some fitness expert can advise me about such vegetables, and elaborate on the form in which these vegetable should be eaten? Please advise.
7 months ago
1 Answer


Ruchika
Pahwa

Your doctor has rightly suggested to give your son a modulation of vegetable food with protein. It not only suggests that you should be confined to those vegetables that have high amount of protein in them, but also indicates that you should give him a mix of high-protein vegetarian food items. These may include different kinds of vegetables, beans or grains. Their intake can be done in the regular cooked form, or vegetables can also be consumed as salad components. Some vegetables that you could include in your son's diet are broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mushrooms, spring onion, watercress, tomatoes, spinach, asparagus, courgette, beetroot and sweetcorn. You may also give him aubergine, cauliflower, carrot, dandelion greens, celery, pumpkin, chicory, turnip, cabbage and cucumber.

Additional protein-rich vegetarian food items include Lima and navy beans, kidney beans, chickpeas, black and white beans, soybeans, and re-fried beans. You could also enrich your son's diet with food items, such as white and brown rice, roasted sunflower seed kernels, oat bran, cornmeal, wheat flour or whole wheat bread, pumpkin seeds, and roasted cashews, almonds and peanuts. Use garlic while cooking his food if he prefers its taste. Process such items that suit your son's taste, and he will surely benefit from these non-supplemental vegetable foods.

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