How are you getting enough protein in pregnancy?

Question

I️ am struggling to eat even 30g of protein a day.
I’ve been reading I️ need 60-70g of protein per day.
What is everyone doing/eating to get enough protein?

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Check out ohsheglows.com — she has many blog posts about her vegan pregnancy as well as one post where she outlines what she eats in a day, including how many grams of protein. Also, adding hemp seeds and chia seeds to smoothies, soups etc really amps up protein, as well as nuts and seeds in general, plus making sure you have servings of beans, legumes, and tofu foods each day. Hope that helps!!

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http://www.pcrm.org/health/diets/vegdiets/vegetarian-diets-for-pregnancy hope this helps ! I try eat at least 16g per meal. It’s ok if you don’t meet protein needs because, bodies don’t actually need so much. More important to eat nutritious foods. And keep taking them vegan natals. 👍🏻👍🏻

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Beans, lentils, quinoa, broccoli, spinach, kale, nutritional yeast, and even popcorn (air popper NOT microwaved) have considerable amounts of protein in them 😋 I’m a competitive athlete and have insanely high daily protein requirements that I hit with a combination of the above foods 🤗

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I get about 80-100g of protein daily eating beans, legumes, cereals, and vital wheat gluten (seitan). A plant based protein supplement is worth checking out as well.

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I constantly have chickpeas in my fridge and they go with EVERYTHING! Lots if lentils, too, and vega one breakfast smoothies most mornings.

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I feel the same way. Everything makes me nauseas except toast. I feel like I’m only eating carbs. 🤢

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I had a vegan twin pregnancy, so I had to get 100g of plant protein a day. Main sources were homemade bean burgers, lentil pasta, pumpkin and hemp protein powders, garden of life protein powders for smoothies, peanut and almond butter, etc. I did include organic/non gmo soy products like tofu and soy beans, and I reintroduced gluten for protein but kept it organic and whole wheat. Those were the smallest source of protein though.

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drink a raw vegan protein shake/meal.. I recommend Garden of Life Raw Meal

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food monster is a good app for recipes!

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Bread with high protein, non gmo soy milk, nutritional yeast, tofu, and heaps of nuts, seeds, beans, legumes... leafy greens have protein as well. Its so super easy to get enough, and then some!

How are you getting enough protein in pregnancy?

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