— Mika Stairs

That is a very common question that a lot of vegans get and uh, I have to wholeheartedly say yes. Um, vegans do get a lot of protein. Uh, a lot of people, um, don't realize how much protein you're getting out of all kinds of different foods. Um, not even just specially, you know, like what you think of as protein, um, you know, but it, you find protein in a lot of different things. Um, and, uh, vegetables have protein in them as well. Um, you know, so vegans do get a lot of protein just from eating what they normally would. Now, if it is for something like kids, um, I definitely increase, uh, protein, um, you know, for my kids in particular. So we'll do different things like, um, you know, we will have tofu and Tempe and uh, other kinds of things like that to be able to make sure they're getting a lot of protein and they're used to it. I make it in a lot of different ways so they never get tired, um, of having it, uh, you know, as an ingredient. Um, and, uh, but you can find it in all kinds of other things too, like grains, um, and, you know, even baked goods, uh, looking for a lot of protein and different things. So yeah, vegans do get, uh, enough protein, um, you know, if it's a, like somebody who's like a bodybuilder working out, you know, doing big exercise kind of things, um, something you might need to pay a little bit more attention to. But on average, um, most people that are on a whole food plant-based diet are getting plenty of protein. But it is funny, I, sorry to laugh, but it is one of those top questions that people do ask of vegans and vegetarians quite often. Um, and you know, I actually have a couple things like, uh, like if you kind of think of it like gorillas or rhinoceros, right? Or also plant-based, you know, so like, um, just kind of putting that out there.