{"id":23114,"date":"2024-06-11T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=23114"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:03:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:03:05","slug":"higher-protein-plant-milks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2024\/06\/11\/higher-protein-plant-milks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher-Protein Plant Milks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Eden-Foods-Organic-EdenSoy-Extra-Soymilk-Dairy-Free-Original-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Eden-Foods-Organic-EdenSoy-Extra-Soymilk-Dairy-Free-Original-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Eden-Foods-Organic-EdenSoy-Extra-Soymilk-Dairy-Free-Original-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Eden-Foods-Organic-EdenSoy-Extra-Soymilk-Dairy-Free-Original-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to VRG\u2019s Nutrition Advisor, Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, there are times when people\u2019s protein needs are higher. For example, in pregnancy, the recommendation for protein is 25 grams higher than it is when someone is not pregnant. That\u2019s an increase of about 50%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2018issue1\/2018_issue1_nutrition_hotline.php\">Older adults<\/a> may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2023issue2\/2023_issue2_protein_adults.php\">higher protein needs<\/a> than younger adults. Athletes may have somewhat higher protein needs than non-athletes (1). It\u2019s entirely possible to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/nutrition\/protein.php\">protein needs<\/a> with a vegan diet. Sometimes, choosing a higher protein plant milk can help to meet protein needs.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve identified some higher protein plant milks. Since plant milks are often also used as a source of calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin B12, we\u2019ve included information about whether the milks we identified are fortified with these nutrients.<\/p>\n<p>See the list of higher-protein plant milks here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2024issue2\/2024_issue2_higher_protein.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2024issue2\/2024_issue2_higher_protein.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to <em>Vegan Journal<\/em> in the USA only here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to VRG\u2019s Nutrition Advisor, Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, there are times when people\u2019s protein needs are higher. For example, in pregnancy, the recommendation for protein is 25 grams higher than it is when someone is not pregnant. That\u2019s an increase of about 50%. Older adults may have higher protein needs than younger adults. Athletes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23117,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23114\/revisions\/23117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}