Protein & Amino Acids
Protein requirements across a lifetime
The single number quoted for protein applies to a healthy sedentary adult, and almost nobody is one all the time.
Topic
planning
Every Plant-Based Nutrition Guide article tagged planning — 7 pieces across 4 sections.
Sport & Performance
Travelling and eating well away from home
Athletes travel constantly and the food environment away from home is where fuelling plans fall apart.
Sport & Performance
Race day and competition fuelling
The plan for the day itself should have been practised for months, and the plant-based considerations are mostly about fibre and timing.
Meal Building
Batch cooking without eating the same thing five times
The problem with cooking once and eating five times is the eating five times. There are ways round it.
Transition & Family
Pregnancy on a plant-based diet
It can be done well and it requires more attention than at any other stage of life, with several nutrients where the stakes are genuinely high.
Transition & Family
Feeding children on a plant-based diet
It can be done well and it requires more attention than an adult diet, because the consequences of getting it wrong in a growing child are different.
Meal Building
Building a plate that actually fills you up
The commonest complaint about plant-based meals is being hungry two hours later. It is nearly always a structural problem with the plate rather than a problem with plants.