Legumes as the main protein
Beans, chickpeas and lentils doing the job meat usually does
Chickpeas, black beans, lentils and peas become the default protein at most meals, with fish or eggs occasional rather than routine. They are cheap, heavy on fiber, and hard to overeat, which is half the appeal: pushing protein high on a plate of beans takes real effort. The trade-off is amino acid profile. A gram of legume protein does not match a gram from fish for essential amino acids, so people eating this way usually mix their sources across the week.
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Biogerontologist · The Longevity Diet
Chickpeas, lentils and black beans supply most of his protein, with fish the smaller share. He points out that overshooting protein is difficult once beans are the base of the plate.
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