Y’all have never been to court ordered alcoholics anonymous meetings and it shows.

Reinhold Niebuhr wrote the first known version of the Serenity Prayer, and it’s been through a few revisions just by popular word of mouth or even literal Hallmark greeting cards, but the version they say at AA meetings is:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The basic principle can be decoupled from the religious origins and still be a useful approach to life. Learn not to stress about the things not in your control, while still taking control of the influence you do have.

Lentils are good, but have a lot of carbs. Only using those might be enough, but is not enough for bodybuilding.

Most bodybuilding relies heavily on processed foods and isolated protein sources, regardless of whether it’s meat-based, vegetarian, or vegan. For someone trying to eat 2500 calories per day with 150 grams of protein, they’re looking for a ratio of 6 grams of protein per 100 calories.

Lentils are about 8g of protein per 100 calories.

Chickpeas are about 5g of protein per 100 calories.

Rice is about 2.5g of protein per 100 calories.

Wheat products (breads, pasta) hover around 3-4g of protein per 100 calories.

Broccoli is about 7g of protein per 100 calories. Green beans have about 5g. Peas have about 6g.

Moving onto processed foods can give a lot more protein per calorie: tofu is around 12g per 100 calories, and seitan is about 18g.

Basically many vegetables, legumes, and grains will hover near the right ratios, but it requires much more precise planning if you have a really limited calorie budget and refuse to rely on isolated protein from processed foods, but if you’re doing the normal bodybuilding thing of 2g of protein per kg of lean mass, you won’t have any trouble while bulking and will only have to do a bit more planning while cutting, compared to the typical meat eater who might have a ton of yogurt and whey protein in the mix.

It’s one thing to just copy wholesale what another culture is doing, and another thing entirely to recognize that another culture fills in certain gaps on what could improve fulfillment and enjoyment in your own life.

For westerners following a vegan diet, there is a strong culinary benefit from learning from other cultures’ vegetarian and vegan dishes, for a reset away from most western cultures’ meat-forward approach to food and dining.

So pointing out poor health outcomes of a particular group of people doesn’t actually disprove that bringing in their cuisine will improve the overall diet of the person who made this post.