Start simply by figuring out how far are you from 70 grams of protein a day.
If you depend on paneer, dairy and lentils alone, you probably need it.
If you depend on paneer, dairy, eggs and lentils alone, you could do without it with a lot of effort.
If you depend on paneer, dairy, eggs, lentils and soy, you could do without it with some effort.
If you depend on paneer, dairy, eggs, lentils, soy and meat/poultry/seafood/fish, you probably don’t need it.
Your need for a protein isolate is a game of percentages, grams and portion sizes. The more effort you put in to actively include foods that have atleast 35 percent of their calories accounted for by protein, the less likely you need a protein isolate or supplement to get you the protein you need.
If you depend on paneer, dairy and lentils alone, you probably need it.
If you depend on paneer, dairy, eggs and lentils alone, you could do without it with a lot of effort.
If you depend on paneer, dairy, eggs, lentils and soy, you could do without it with some effort.
If you depend on paneer, dairy, eggs, lentils, soy and meat/poultry/seafood/fish, you probably don’t need it.
Your need for a protein isolate is a game of percentages, grams and portion sizes. The more effort you put in to actively include foods that have atleast 35 percent of their calories accounted for by protein, the less likely you need a protein isolate or supplement to get you the protein you need.