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.
The truth lies somewhere in the middle. It is easy to get enough protein on a vegan diet if you eat multiple servings of high-lysine foods (legumes, seitan, amaranth, quinoa, pistachios, and pumpkin seeds) each day. But there are many vegans who are probably not eating enough high-lysine foods.
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.