Half a cup of lentils contains 9g of protein, whereas 2 chicken breasts contain 7g in total, and the lentils contain 18 times more iron. (So please tell me why bodybuilders are so obsessed with chicken?!)
Ideally, a steak has 49g of protein and nearly the same amount of iron as a 1/2 cup of lentils. But it also has 10 times more fat than lentils.
Furthermore, a steak requires 5000 L of water to end up on your plate, that's 5 cubic meters. Can you fit 5 cubic meters in your room?!
The problem is not only water shortage, but the degradation of water quality after it passes through a slaughterhouse.
A bowl of lentils would require at most 1000 L for its production, it's already 5 times less water consuming than meat, and without the horrifying sound of an animal being killed.
More about diet-related water consumption here: http://green-food.org.uk/eat_less_meat.html
There are so many vegan bodybuilders now, it's truly inspiring as it really shows that eating plants can make you as strong as a bull.
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