As far as I can tell all fitness blogs say you have to eat lots of protein to build muscle (with exercise). But why protein specifically? If excess calories from any macro can be converted to fat by the body, why do we need protein to build muscle? Couldn’t the body just use excess from any macro combined with weight lifting exercises to build muscle ?
In: Biology
Elephants, Gorillas, Bison — ***All vegans.*** All a hell of a lot more muscular than any gym rat.
Anyone who says you “need to eat protein to build muscle” is full of shit.
To build muscle, you need to work your muscles. That’s it.
You get plenty of amino acids to build *human* proteins from whole food vegetables (skip the breads, pastas, etc.) and beans. The more research you do, the more true this will prove to be. You don’t need any animal proteins at all. There’s no such thing a protein deficiency in anyone who gets sufficient calories. Vegans included.
Regarding vitamin B12 — there are only three ways to get B12. 1. Eat dirt. 2. Eat the animal that ate the dirt. 3. Take a supplement. ANimal sdo not make B12. It’s only made by soil bacteria. Since our animals are fed corn and soy in feed lots these days, *they have to get B12 supplements*! So skip the middleman and take a supplement.
Latest Answers