What can replace meat in the diet: 7 protein-rich foods

Novem­ber 09, 2020, 17:07

Meat is one of the main sources of pro­teins that our body needs. But at the same time, this prod­uct has many neg­a­tive prop­er­ties that are harm­ful to health. What can replace meat in the diet?

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If you refuse to eat meat and replace it with oth­er prod­ucts that con­tain pro­tein, you can sig­nif­i­cant­ly improve your health, reduce the risk of devel­op­ing can­cer and car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­eases, and also lose weight. So, meat can be replaced with such high-pro­tein foods:

1. Eggs instead of meat

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Eggs top the list of pro­tein-rich foods. At the same time, use­ful sub­stances from it are absorbed almost com­plete­ly. In addi­tion, pro­tein is quick­ly digest­ed. Nutri­tion­ists believe that more nutri­ents are stored in a soft-boiled egg.

2. Dairy products

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Dairy prod­ucts are an excel­lent source of cal­ci­um and pro­tein. If you con­sume fer­ment­ed milk prod­ucts once a day, you will cov­er the dai­ly need of the body for pro­tein. By the way, in cot­tage cheese and cheese with less fat con­tent, there are much more pro­teins than in fat­ty foods.

3. Fish and seafood

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Fish can replace meat in the diet. Fish and seafood pro­vide the human body with eas­i­ly digestible pro­tein. More­over, fish pro­tein is in no way infe­ri­or to meat. It has the same amount of amino acids and nutri­ents. In addi­tion, thanks to vit­a­mins D and E, fish improves eye­sight, skin, hair and teeth.

4. Legumes instead of meat

Beans, peas, soy­beans, lentils, chick­peas, chick­peas can replace meat in the diet, as they con­tain veg­etable pro­tein. Lentils and beans are espe­cial­ly use­ful. In order for legumes to be bet­ter absorbed by the body, they are best con­sumed in com­bi­na­tion with oth­er veg­eta­bles.

5. Nuts

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Pro­tein reserves can be replen­ished with nuts. Accord­ing to nutri­tion­ists, nuts are great for main­tain­ing health and youth. Most high-qual­i­ty pro­teins are found in wal­nuts, a lit­tle less in almonds.

6. Mushrooms

Mush­rooms are an excel­lent source of pro­tein. At the same time, they are low in calo­ries, which is impor­tant for those who want to lose weight. Since mush­rooms are dif­fi­cult to digest, they should not be con­sumed every day.

7. Cereals

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Grains are also rich in pro­teins and can replace meat. Oat­meal, rice, corn as a side dish will be an addi­tion­al source of pro­tein. And buck­wheat con­tains the most pro­tein among oth­er cere­als (more than 12%). It is good for chil­dren and preg­nant women.

As you can see, there is an alter­na­tive to meat — there are many prod­ucts that can replace meat. But it is impor­tant that the diet is var­ied and rich in vit­a­mins. It is in this case that the rejec­tion of meat will ben­e­fit the body: weight loss, removal of tox­ins from the body, reduc­tion in the risk of can­cer, car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­eases, dia­betes, gen­er­al improve­ment in well-being — a feel­ing of light­ness and reduced fatigue.