> more nutrient dense per calories than vegetables
I'm not sure how this meme started, but it's not actually true. You can plug foods into Cronometer.com and see for yourself. e.g. carrots (vitamin A) or kale (vitamin K1) give you the RDA with few calories. I mean, the cocoa powder I added to my smoothie this morning had 100% RDA copper and 45% RDA iron in 57 calories.
Similarly, plants and plant-based foods have full amino profiles. Once again, plug anything from soy beans or even broccoli into Cronometer.com and look at the amino acid breakdown.
These are some really ancient wives tales about vegetables.
> These beliefs come from epidemiological studies without regards for other life habits such as smoking or dietary choices such as sugar intake.
This isn't true. Tracking and multivariate adjustment are standard fare for epi studies.
I'm not sure how this meme started, but it's not actually true. You can plug foods into Cronometer.com and see for yourself. e.g. carrots (vitamin A) or kale (vitamin K1) give you the RDA with few calories. I mean, the cocoa powder I added to my smoothie this morning had 100% RDA copper and 45% RDA iron in 57 calories.
Similarly, plants and plant-based foods have full amino profiles. Once again, plug anything from soy beans or even broccoli into Cronometer.com and look at the amino acid breakdown.
These are some really ancient wives tales about vegetables.
> These beliefs come from epidemiological studies without regards for other life habits such as smoking or dietary choices such as sugar intake.
This isn't true. Tracking and multivariate adjustment are standard fare for epi studies.