 |  | PROTEIN-RICH FOODS | | Check Out Our (Ve)guns |  |   If 10,000 Biters switch from red meat to a vegetarian diet 1 day per week, in a year we'll avert the emissions produced by driving a car around the equator 464 times. |  |  Afraid your biceps'll shrink away if you start eating less meat? Press those thoughts out of your mind. There are plenty of high-protein foods that don't come from animals, and (if you needed a reminder) going veggie even once a week will save major resources. You'll be stronger-armed and ready for action. | | |  - Veg-friendly vigor. They won't auto-earn you Madonna's triceps, but these foods deliver needed protein if you want to go meat- or even dairy-free.
- A forceful blow to climate change. A meatless diet is 50% more effective at cutting CO2 than switching from a standard car to a hybrid.
- Less bulk, more brawn. Eating veg generally means lower-fat, lower-calorie meals.
 More proof: Jen (a vegetarian) beat Toshio (an omnivore) in an arm-wrestling contest in 2006.
 All of these foods contain high levels of protein (compare to a hamburger patty, which has about 22 grams of protein): - Hemp - it won't get you high, but just a couple tablespoons of this cannabis-like plant's seed has 5 grams (and it's great in yogurt).
- Kidney Beans - just 1 cup of boiled kidney beans contains 15 grams of protein.
- Lentils - one of our fave legumes has 18 grams per cooked cup.
- Peanuts and Almonds - a cup of shelled peanuts has 40 grams; almonds, 20 grams (and less fat).
- Quinoa - tasty grain that you can find at any health food store; packs more than most grains at 8 grams per cooked cup (as a comparison, brown rice'll get you about 5).
- Quorn - a mycoprotein (from the mushroom family), it's transformed into lots of meat substitutes - burgers, filet mignon, you name it (the tastes aren't superdifferent from tofu-based meat alternatives). Has about 15 grams per serving.
- Seitan - chewier and more solid than tofu, it's made from wheat gluten and has about 22 grams per 1/3 cup.
- Spinach - a small salad has up to 13 grams.
- Tofu - toss your salad with half a cup of it, and you'll get 20 grams.
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