India, Nov. 16 -- Despite growing awareness around fitness, protein intake in the Indian diet remains well below recommended levels. A large share of the population is vegetarian, and even many non-vegetarians fall short of their daily protein needs simply because they underestimate how little protein common foods actually contain. Without a clear understanding of which vegetarian sources offer meaningful amounts of protein, meeting fitness or health goals becomes far more challenging.

Fitness trainer Raj Ganpath - the founder of Slow Burn Method, the co-founder and head coach at Quad Fitness and the author of Simple, Not Easy - has shared a vegetarian protein pyramid to help Indians better understand plant-based protein sources. In an I...