Since I became vegan (1 year and 7 months ago) I haven't eaten out much.

I did bring home food from a place now and while it was tasty I can't help to think that there can't have been much protein in the meal.

Also, all TV shows I see when they make vegan food it seems to be missing the needed amount of protein.

I've seen a YouTube video with professor Christopher Gardner from Stanford University, and while it's true that 98% of people does not need more than 0.8g potein/kg body mass, one have to take into the calculation that A - the body can't absorb all protein from a plant based source, and B - even if you mix for example beans with rice you can't get a perfectly complete protein profile (compared animal based protein).

So even if you have 40g of plant based protein in front of you in a mix of say beans and rice, your body might only get 32g complete protein.

So instead of calcualate 0,8g/kg body mass you should aim for 1.1-1.3g/kg.

Yes, I am a overthinker and I tend to obsess about stuff.

Any long time vegans out there that have some insights of this?

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