Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Protein sources for vegetarian

Info from our dietitian..


Protein on vegetarian diet is not hard to achieve if you take in variety of food item.
Firstly, choose your carbohydrate wisely.

There is a lot of carbohydrate food sources are rich in protein as well.
This includes quinoa, chickpeas, black beans, lentils

Make sure to get at least 3 serving of vegetables in a day.
Vegetables like spinach, broccoli, water cress, asparagus has high content of protein.

Also, add in chiaseed in your daily food. You can serve chiaseed pudding as snacks/breakfast, or just put 1tbsp to drinking water for 1L (please stir to avoid clumping)


**When choosing carbohydrate, please choose those higher in protein.

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