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Originally Posted by SmellyOrc  Sorry to hijack the thread, but I think my question is along the same line as the OP's: How can one get around 5000-6000 calories per day, with at least 190 gram of protein per day, on a vegan diet, without having to eat a bag of nuts every day? |
I can understand people in serious training needing 6000 calories a day (eg Lance Armstrong), but who needs 190g of protein? That seems excessive.
The vegan weightlifing sites I visited seemed to indicate that the body can only build so much muscle per day, so overloading on proteins didn't really help.
If you want calories and nothing else, add starches. Unless you're on a raw diet, you can get lot of (vegan) calories through pasta.
Protein is easy to get with nuts, soy products, legumes,etc
The Vegetarian Society - Information Sheet - protein