Protien

February 15, 2004

yip,

Vegetables. Especially the green ones. If you eat about a day you will get

more proteins or amino acids than you will ever need.

Peter

nyia12 [eeyore_0_4]

14 February 2004 14:49

rawfood

[Raw Food] Protien

Hello,

I was wondering how most people got their protein? I have just begun

sprouting beans because I am having trouble getting even 30g of

protein into my diet. But, as i researrch it seems there is

controversy surrounding beans. But, if I rely on nuts and seeds the

fat in my diet goes way up. For those of you who do not eat beans

does this concern you at all or has been ok? Is there another lower

fat source of protein I am overlooking?

Thanks,

nyia

February 15, 2004

Nyia,

Starchy veg's are good protein sources and lower in fat than nuts. One cup of

peas has 8.6g of protein and 0.4g fat. One ear of corn has 4.5g of protein and

3.4g fat. Squash tends to be high protein and low fat. For example one cup of

hubbard squash has 5.1g protein and 1.3g fat and one cup of crookneck squash has

1.6g of protein and 0.6g of fat.

Here are some other good raw sources. One cup of fresh spinach has a whoping 9g

of protein and 0.2g of fat. One cup of broccoli has 4.6g of protein and 0.6 of

fat. One banana has 1.2g of protein and 0.6g of fat. And don't forget pumpkin

seeds. They are much lower in fat than nuts. One cup of pumpkin seeds has 12g

of protein and 12g of fat. That's a lot better than almonds which have 29.6g of

protein and 76.2g of fat in one cup.

Sandey

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February 15, 2004

rawfood , " nyia12 " <eeyore_0_4> wrote:

> Hello,

>

> I was wondering how most people got their protein?

I try to use a little hemp seeds for protein, just add them to a

smoothie that you make or to a salad...

Peace,

Jude

February 16, 2004

Balancing for Protein Quality is more important than any other

concern for vegetarians.

The quality of mixed cereal and legume proteins matches that of non-

vegetarian diets, provided proper combination of foods and adequate

quantities are consumed. For example, if you depend entirely on

white rice for your protein, you would most likely become protein

deficient because rice provides less than 5 percent of usable or

complete protein (grams of protein per 100 calories adjusted by

quality score or net protein utilization and then expressed in terms

of protein calories per 100 total calories), which is the minimum

safe level recommended for adults by the World Health Organization.

The protein value of beans is about 20 percent usable protein. The

combination of rice and beans, however, raises the usable protein

value up to 50 percent. This happens because the amino acids in the

two foods complement each other. The rice is low in lysine but has a

surplus of the sulfur-containing amino acids (e.g., cystine), while

conversely the beans are low in the sulfur-containing amino acids,

but have a surplus of lysine. Similarly, eating wheat and beans

together can increase the protein actually usable by the body by

about 33 percent.

dr. DLN

This information is taken from a book " A NEW LOOK AT VEGETARIANISM:

It's positive Effects on Health and Disease Control. "

http://napublishing.com/learn_earn.html#guidelist

http://napublishing.com/new_look_veg.html

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February 17, 2004

OK - it is my understanding that protein combining is totally unnecessary. It

was an idea popularized by Frances Moore Lappe that she has since changed her

mind about.

Here is a link to one article about it:

http://food4livecells.com/protein.htm

EXERPTED: Here is what the American Dietetic Association currently has to say on

this subject: " Plant sources of protein alone can provide adequate amounts of

the essential and nonessential amino acids. . . . Conscious combining of these

foods within a given meal, as a complementary protein dictum suggests, is

unnecessary. " And Frances Moore Lappe's updated research reveals that on a

healthy, varied vegetarian diet, " Protein combining is unnecessary! "

And from http://www.naturesbestnews.com/protein.htm

EXERPT:

As for food combining, in 1971 in the book Diet for a Small Planet , Frances

Moore Lappe wrote that food combining with vegetable proteins, such as beans and

rice was necessary in order to obtain all 8 essential amino acids at one meal.

But by 1981, additional research showed that combining vegetarian foods was not

necessary to get proper protein. In fact, Dr. John McDougall warns that efforts

to combine foods for complete protein are not only unnecessary, but dangerous,

because " one who follows the advice for protein combining can unintentionally

design a diet containing an excessive and therefore harmful amount of protein.

The reason we do not need all 8 essential amino acids from one food or one meal

is that our body stores amino acids for future use. From the digestion of food

and from recycling of proteinaceous wastes, our body maintains an amino acid

pool, which is circulated to cells throughout the body by our blood and lymph

systems. These cells and our liver are constantly

making deposits and withdrawals from this pool based on the supply and demand

of specific amino acids.

Other links about it:

http://www.fatfree.com/FAQ/protein-myths

http://www.vegez.com/health_nutrition/article.asp?ID=73

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