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Originally Posted by Altair
Are you sure about it being efficient? You gotta eat loads of plants to get your protein requirements. Have you done the math? Protein from plants are less useable by our body, so a can of beans (often around 20g of protein) will be less effective than a small chicken fillet (of 20g of protein) or two eggs.
I suspect these athletes/body builders build their body on animal food and then went vegan for commercial purposes.
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Vege and vegan physique and strength athletes typically use a plant based protein supplement to top up shortfalls in protein from food, and animal products are not required for reaching individual genetic potential for muscle accrual. However, it is true that most of such athletes were not always vegans, and most of them will return to eating animal products after a while.