DID YOU KNOW? There’s no need to combine specific plant foods to ensure that your proteins are “complete.” Your body breaks down the amino acids in foods and builds them up into complete proteins all on its own. Q WILL I GET ENOUGH PROTEIN ON A PLANT-BASED DIET? A Many people don’t realize that the average American consumes more than double the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein, and most of it comes from animal products. Unfortunately, animal-based proteins have been linked to a variety of cancers as well as heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and kidney stones. Plant foods contain plenty of protein, and a well-planned whole-food, plant-based diet can easily meet our daily protein requirement, which is about 8–10 percent of total calories. There is no need to count grams of protein!…