"Game Changers" - plant-based protein vs meat and athletics
I recently watched a (Netflix?) special called "The Game Changers" in which it is asserted that athletes using plant-based proteins have demonstrated significant advantages over those using meat-based protein diets. For the most part, I was open to the idea that there may be some situations where a reasonable discussion about meat- versus plant-based diets for athletes might be an interesting field for research and experimentation.
The video loses me when they start with the "meats are bad for Gaia (planet Earth)" political agenda; but early on, when they stuck with testing the NFL players from Tennessee and the lady Olympic cyclist and other top-notch athletes, it seemed to present a possible area for exploration, to introduce plant-based proteins into my usual weekly eating regime, and see what happens.
I guess I am just opening up the idea of discussing it here on this forum, and looking for more expert opinion. I'm a meat guy - and my research up until now has led me to believe that plant-based proteins are incomplete and require augmentation or special combinations to provide complete proteins. One of the most frequent lines from the video, spoken by narrator James Wilks, is "the animal is just the middle-man anyway; it gets its protein from plants, so why not get your own directly from plants, too?"
Thoughts?