In the daily diet, there are many sources of protein, such as meat, eggs and dairy products, which contain a lot of protein, and bean products also contain a lot of protein.
Especially tofu, a bean product, contains more protein. Tofu with high quality contains 15g protein per 100g.
But it is not difficult to find that many people who exercise and gain muscle tend to eat chicken and beef, and rarely choose tofu. Why is this happening?
First of all, the protein content of tofu is not fixed. Not every kind of tofu contains 15% protein. The protein content of tofu in the general market is between 4%- 10%. Even Japanese tofu with rich water content, protein content is less than 3%.
So even for vegetarians, choosing protein has become a difficult thing. You can't go to the vegetable market to buy a piece of tofu, just ask the stall owner about the protein content.
Therefore, the average vegetarian fitness player will choose to supplement protein by squeezing beans instead of directly choosing finished tofu to ensure protein's intake.
Some vegetarian players will supplement protein with protein powder. Comparatively speaking, the protein content of protein powder is a better choice.
Some people think that tofu is cheaper than meat, so if protein is supplemented, tofu will be more cost-effective than chicken and beef, but it is not, so it is an account.
For example, there are 8 grams of protein in 100 grams of tofu. If you want to take120g of protein for training, you need to eat 3kg of tofu, tofu from A Jin, 3 yuan and * * 9 yuan.
Comparatively speaking, the content of protein in chicken and beef is much higher than that in tofu. Protein content of chicken is 25%, and protein needs about a catty of chicken to fully supplement it. The price is 7 yuan.
So we added 12g of protein, which is two yuan more expensive with tofu, while it is often cheaper to eat chicken to supplement protein.
Moreover, 3 kg of tofu and vegetable staple food is difficult for ordinary people to eat so much. It is more convenient to supplement tofu with meat.
For human body, the absorption and utilization efficiency of plant protein is much lower than that of animal protein, because its protein molecular structure and types are not quite consistent with human body.
Therefore, from the perspective of absorption and utilization, plant protein often does not occupy too many advantages, that is, the protein waste rate of tofu you eat will be greater than that of meat.
Secondly, in terms of other components, animal protein has many essential nutrients for human body, such as lysine and immunoglobulin.
Moreover, meat contains creatine, which can help improve the water storage capacity and ATP production capacity of muscles, so it will improve our strength endurance, which is also a function that tofu, a plant protein, does not have.
So generally speaking, it makes sense for bodybuilders to choose to eat meat. Of course, tofu can also be used as a supplementary source in protein, but it is not competitive compared with meat.
Author: tenacious fitness
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