Palta (avocado) is grown throughout Chile. Tomatoes and onions are other overwhelmingly popular and readily available vegetables. The nation's most important crops include grapes, plums, apples, pears, onions, corn, peaches, garlic, asparagus and beans.
As long as youâre eating a wide variety of whole foods â a good practice to follow for many reasons â youâre probably getting a nice mix of amino acids. One, though, thatâs particularly tough for vegetarians to get, is lysine, as explained in this article on protein from Vegan Health. Only a few vegan foods contain lysine in large amounts, but fortunately, theyâre staples in many of our diets: tempeh, tofu, and legumes.
Table 1. Daily Protein for Teenage Vegan. Food. Later in the article the CCF says, The average teenager needs between 46 and 52 grams of protein a day.. While it is true that the RDA for protein for teenagers aged 14 to 18 is 46 grams for females and 52 grams for males, the RDA is not a measure of what the average teenager needs.