Essential Amino Acids and the Vegan Diet

[Guest guest]

I would like to get some sources to support the protein sufficiency of

a vegan diet. I know that you can get protein from plant sources. But

what I have read (a long long time ago) was that there are 8 essential

amino acids that are present only in animal products (as opposed to

ones that our body creates, or that are available in plant sources).

 

Now I realize that a vegan diet would most likely be lower in fat and

a lot of other bad things, but I have not come across the idea that

you could get a complete protein diet from strictly plant sources.

 

Can anyone point me to online sources that would document this?

 

Much obliged.

[Guest guest]

you do need 8 amino acids (our body can make the others), but those 8 are readily found in a variety of foods. (or 9 according to some sources.)

 

http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm

http://www.vegansociety.com/food/nutrition/protein.php

psaulm119 Sep 20, 2008 1:41 PM Essential Amino Acids and the Vegan Diet

 

 

 

I would like to get some sources to support the protein sufficiency ofa vegan diet. I know that you can get protein from plant sources. Butwhat I have read (a long long time ago) was that there are 8 essentialamino acids that are present only in animal products (as opposed toones that our body creates, or that are available in plant sources). Now I realize that a vegan diet would most likely be lower in fat anda lot of other bad things, but I have not come across the idea thatyou could get a complete protein diet from strictly plant sources.Can anyone point me to online sources that would document this? Much obliged.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

There are eight essential amino acids that humans need to make protein. They are essential because our bodies cannot make them, and we must obtain them from food sources.

We are lead to believe that we must eat meat in order to get these amino acids.

Plants. not animals, make all of the amino acids that humans need; therefore, the amino acids found in meat are second hand.

The protein that cows and chickens get from plant foods is the same protein that ends up in our plate as meat. Meat eaters get their protein second hand through eating the dead animals. Vegans get protein first hand through the original plant source.

The biggest and strongest animals in nature get protein in their bodies from plants only, for example elephants, horses, and even brontosauruses.

Vegans shouldn't worry too much about meeting protein needs since protein is found in almost every food. A six-ounce steak is a source of thirty-eight grams of protein, but it also delivers sixteen grams of saturated fat. One cup of cooked lentils has eighteen grams of protein but less than one gram of fat.

Anouk

, "psaulm119" <psaulm119 wrote:>> I would like to get some sources to support the protein sufficiency of> a vegan diet. I know that you can get protein from plant sources. But> what I have read (a long long time ago) was that there are 8 essential> amino acids that are present only in animal products (as opposed to> ones that our body creates, or that are available in plant sources). > > Now I realize that a vegan diet would most likely be lower in fat and> a lot of other bad things, but I have not come across the idea that> you could get a complete protein diet from strictly plant sources.> > Can anyone point me to online sources that would document this? > > Much obliged.>

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the links. I'll look them up. I've been rather busy with a

few projects. I will get back with you after I've digested the info

(pun intended).