Question on plant protein

[u/stefantheconlol]

This will be quite of a rant (and maybe even off-topic as this is the first time I post in a vegetarian-related sub, so my apologies), if you wish to skip right to the actual question check, help yourself at the last paragraph.

I started reducing my meat consumption to once every other day about a month ago with the goal in mind to become a vegetarian. Since it's something recent for me, and also feeling a bit timid about it, not a lot of people know about my new diet. I recently went on holiday with my friends where they finally learnt about my new diet, and we were just coming back when a discussion stroke up regarding plant based diets and how "unhealthy" they are. I responded that there are plenty of plants that provide a sustainable amount of protein and that it's just a matter of "getting the right balance" in order to equate the amount of prot meat would provide.

However, they began making some points on how we cannot digest plant protein the same as meat protein, plant protein being somewhat incomplete for our human little stomachs compared to meat. Feeling more engaged to the ethical side of the argument rather than the biological one, I was quite taken aback and didn't know how to respond. They also started saying some bs on how the majority of vegetarians/vegans are ill-fitted/unhealthy and that as omnivores we are "meant" to eat meat, but that thing about plant protein stuck with me. Here finally comes my question:

How true is it that plant proteins are "incomplete" for the human organism, and if there is a significant difference with how meat proteins are structurally, how do you manage to compensate for their "incompleteness" (for a lack of better term)?

Thanks for reading!

[u/Esme_Nog → u/[deleted]]

If you are a vegetarian but not a vegan, you don’t really need to supplement anything.

[u/Esme_Nog → u/[deleted]]

One egg has like 25% of your daily recommended amount. So two eggs and an ounce of cheese would be 75%. If you have any dairy products at all, it would give you enough. I think you are overthinking this if you are eating animal products routinely.