Anyone else annoyed when you see nuts listed as good sources of protein?
Like, yeah, nuts are great for you. They have healthy fats. And they do have protein. But parroting them as a *source* of protein feels misleading, especially to people who are trying to cut/lose weight.
28 grams of almonds has 160 calories and only 6 grams of protein. That's just 15% of its calories from protein.
Imagine calling oats a good source of fats because it has 15% of calories from fats (150 calories per 40 gram serving; 3 grams of fat).
Or nonfat Greek yogurt a good source of carbs because 32% of its calories come from those (100 calories per 170 gram serving; 8 grams of carbs).
No one says that!
So why is the same said for nuts? In fact, pasta has almost as much protein as nuts do per calorie (7 grams of protein per 200 calories; 14%), but again no one goes around hyping up pasta for its protein. I eat nuts but I think of them as a healthy fat source since that's primarily what they are. The few extra grams of protein are welcome, but they supplement my daily protein total in the same way the protein from veggies or grains or whatever might.