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Yeah I may have overshot what Peat recommends in protein.. I think it's somewhere between 80-120 g depending on the person and the situation. But perhaps someone has a solid quote/position from him on this... Certainly based on quite a bit of research that does seem to be the sweet spot for most active people. Very easy to reach on a plant based diet. Don't forget the protein in things like fruit and potatoes which is of a very high quality and many, including Peat, believe to be understated and under calculated in the food science discipline. That aside I do eat well prepared beans and lentils, similar to the prep I do for potatoes and mushrooms.. Cook well in water. Sometimes I soak the legumes overnight or sprout them before cooking. Zinc, calcium, Bs and vitamin A all very easily met eating plant based.
As far as the iron goes, based on the extensive amount of literature, heme iron is the problem. I have never seen any evidence showing non-heme iron (i.e. iron found in plants) to be of any issue to human health unless it is in some highly concentrated/supplemented form. Certainly not at the organic levels found in whole grains and so forth. Conversely there is a ton of research showing heme iron to be extremely problematic. I think they do fortify foods with heme iron and I would certainly avoid that, however the non-heme iron found in whole grains is fine. Also heme iron has a far higher absorption rate than non-heme iron.. If you have any evidence showing different I'm open to seeing it...
You seem to keep pushing an agenda with no evidence at all. "Ton of research showing heme iron to be extremely problematic": I haven't found one on the first three result pages of Pubmed when typing "heme iron".
So you have no studies backing up what you say.
Neither do you have anecdotal evidence showing healthy vegans after 4 years on the diet: they are for the majority emaciated, loosing teeth, hair and weight, with allergies and auto-immune disorders.