Patient/caregiver was educated on vegan sources of protein as follows:
- Vegetable/vegan sources for protein are not dense in protein content as animal and dairy sources. Yet, they still contain decent amounts of protein for vegans to consider.
- Rich vegetable/vegan sources for protein include beans, such as, baked beans, kidney beans, lima beans, pinto beans, fava beans, and garbanzo beans.
- Lentils such as, red, green, yellow, and brown lentils also are considered rich vegetable/vegan protein sources.
- Nuts such as, walnuts, pistachios, cashew, brazil nuts, peanuts, pecans, almonds, macadamia nuts are rich sources of protein for vegans.
- Seeds such as, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, and chia seeds also are very rich sources of protein.
- Vegetables such as, watercress, spinach, Chinese cabbage, asparagus, mustard greens, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower also have small amounts of protein to contribute towards daily protein intake.
