OSU study: Plant-based protein not absorbed as well as animal protein

Plant-based foods are largely built on a bedrock of soy, grains, peas and lentils, and often scientists and doctors — not to mention plant-based food enthusiasts — state, or at least imply, that the protein from plant-based sources is just as good as protein from animal-based sources. 

Various studies have shown that not to be the case. The latest research has been done by scientists from The Ohio State University and published in the…