The problem from a nutrition standpoint is that this gives the false impression to a lot of people that only these things have protein in them.
A lot of rather low-info types already ask me “where’s your protein?” if they know I’m vegetarian and are looking at my plate and don’t see a big helping of something dead on it. In addition, I get a lot of “but I could never eat tofu” kinds of comments when it comes up. When I ask what tofu has to do with anything, they assert things like “well, you have to make up your lack of protein SOMEHOW”. Implication being that only meat or tofu have protein?
Qdoba is an example - online order, if you choose to create a burrito, it has (as last option, naturally) - “Vegetarian (No Protein)”. Meanwhile, the two main things that go in the burrito are beans and rice, LOL. I’m not saying that it’s the job of outlets like Qdoba to educate about nutrition, but they sure are not helping, and in fact, they are reaffirming a lot of stupid ideas that I’ve heard going back decades…now that so many people are vegan or vegetarian, you’d think they would do better.
I just don’t think the marketing and the menu layouts are helping to educate people at all about this particular macronutrient, LOL. The old joke the vegans and vegetarians like to tell is when is the last time you’ve heard of someone dying from protein deficiency, but the way the culture acts about protein you’d think there is a real shortage of it going on…
The problem from a nutrition standpoint is that this gives the false impression to a lot of people that only these things have protein in them.
A lot of rather low-info types already ask me “where’s your protein?” if they know I’m vegetarian and are looking at my plate and don’t see a big helping of something dead on it. In addition, I get a lot of “but I could never eat tofu” kinds of comments when it comes up. When I ask what tofu has to do with anything, they assert things like “well, you have to make up your lack of protein SOMEHOW”. Implication being that only meat or tofu have protein?
Qdoba is an example - online order, if you choose to create a burrito, it has (as last option, naturally) - “Vegetarian (No Protein)”. Meanwhile, the two main things that go in the burrito are beans and rice, LOL. I’m not saying that it’s the job of outlets like Qdoba to educate about nutrition, but they sure are not helping, and in fact, they are reaffirming a lot of stupid ideas that I’ve heard going back decades…now that so many people are vegan or vegetarian, you’d think they would do better.
I just don’t think the marketing and the menu layouts are helping to educate people at all about this particular macronutrient, LOL. The old joke the vegans and vegetarians like to tell is when is the last time you’ve heard of someone dying from protein deficiency, but the way the culture acts about protein you’d think there is a real shortage of it going on…