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.
Every food we eat has protein. This includes all fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes and grains. Not only that, but it is easy to make protein-rich, raw vegan foods that will meet or exceed protein recommendations set by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).