Vegetables have Protein??

Yes! Vegetables have protein! You may have to eat a lot of veggies to satisfy your daily protein requirements but that's a good thing! Who wants to starve while becoming fabulously slim and sexy anyways? A drooling, ravenous, cranky woman is not attractive....fyi. So let's break this down so you first off, believe me, and second, can start to add more protein packed vegetables into your daily eating routine with confidence!


How much protein do you need?

Fact, Men require more protein then woman. The amount of protein needed per person varies due to age, body weight, activity level, ect. In general, 0 .8 grams of protein is required for every pound of body weight...8 grams for every 10 lbs. For my athletes out there increase your protein intake to 1 - 2 grams per lbs.

Meat vs Vegetables...you decide.

Organic grass fed beef tenderloin (this is the only type of beef I am comfortable with. The animals are treated humanely and you don't poison your body with pesticides, hormones or antibiotic residues...gross.)

120 calories = 2 oz meat = 15 grams of protein

Organic Broccoli

120 calories = 3 CUPS = 15 grams of protein

So you can have a measly few bites of beef, OR you can have a huge bowl of broccoli!!

2 oz of beef is approx 1/2 of the size of your palm...like 4 bites....if.

Protein percentages in Vegetable (referenced from Diana Stobo's book GET NAKED FAST!)


Alfalfa sprouts = 40%
Artichoke =29%
Asparagus = 25%

Bamboo shoots = 26%

Beet Greens = 22%
Broccoli = 49%

Brussel sprouts = 49%

Cabbage, Red = 20%

Cauliflower = 27%

Celery = 10%
Chard, Swiss = 24%
Chives = 18%
Collards (leaves) = 48%
Collard (stems) = 36%
Cress = 26%
Cucumber = 10%
Dandelion Greens = 27%
Eggplant = 12%
Fennel = 28%
Garlic = 20%
Kale (leaves) = 60%
Leek = 22%
Lettuce, Boston = 12%
Lettuce, green-leaf = 42%
Lettuce, iceberg = 27%

Lettuce, loose-leaf = 13%

Mustard greens = 22%

Okra = 24%

Onion (green) = 15%

Parsley = 36%

Pepper, green = 12%

Pepper, red = 14%
Pepper, red hot = 13%
Radish = 10%
Rhubarb = 11%

Seaweed, Dulce = 25%

Spinach = 49%

Turnip greens = 30%

Watercress = 22%
Wheat grass = 25%
Zucchini = 26%

Hopefully this triggers your idea light bulb and makes you think " wow...that's awesome! So I can eat a TON of low calorie nutritious vegetable AND manage to get enough protein! Why have I been starving myself all these years and struggling with digestion problems?!!"

There are other plant based protein sources such as legumes, nuts/seeds, grains and even fruit!
Avocado = 22%

Lentil = 30%

Soybean, dried = 34%
Pumpkin seed = 29%
Wheat = 17%

Get creative with your protein choices. Mix it up and replace some of your habitual meat choices with more full-filling plant based choices!

Health and Happiness!

Christine