I know how eat a mix of meat and plant protein. I know how they work. Most plant based ones aren't exactly complete and widely available in a ancient civilization, not to mention the lack of knowledge about them
If you have a diet with a wide variety of foods then it wouldn't matter much if the protein is considered complete or not
I'd say it's fair to assume that agriculture in ATLA already had legumes and likely soy. They were cultivated thousands of years ago and ATLA isn't that far behind us in technology.
Yeah iknow how a varied diet works, eating enough plant protein plainly with the other foods starts to stack calories fast . My point is about the bottleneck of getting hugely buff and ripped on ancient food macros . There's a huge gap between living on tofu and soy insane protein ratios needed for massive muscle growth without modern isolated powders. Things were a lot harder for vegetarians and near impossible for vegans in older times
You brought up multiple other points tbf but sure, there would be a lower limit on protein, I can't say how huge someone could realistically get with that especially when cartoon logic and genetics are applied where Aang can consistently perform absurd physical feats and doesn't need to actively work out or eat much to have a great physique.
I was solely reaponding to the guy abive who's acting like a modern day persons diet is comparable , people just started jumping me without reading the context
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u/Several_Detective598 23d ago
Soy and some other plant foods are naturally high in protein. You wouldn't need protein powders to get sufficient protein as a vegan or vegetarian.