amino acid question

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 06:02:15 -0500, "gary thomas" <[email hidden]>

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OK, I understand that vegetable protein lacks a certain amino acid{s] to
make it complete and useable. My question is, which amino acid is it and
could you take a supplement of this amino with vegetable protein to make it
complete and useable?
gary

No, you must eat the cute, fuzzy-wuzzy animals. Sorry.

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Proton Soup

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gary thomas said:

OK, I understand that vegetable protein lacks a certain amino
acid{s] to make it complete and useable.

First a bit of background about amino acids:
http://www.innvista.com/health/nutrition/amino/intro.htm

Quoted message said:

My question is, which amino acid is it and could you take a
supplement of this amino with vegetable protein to make it
complete and useable?

About amino acids & vegetarian food combining:
http://www.2-fit.com/miscellaneous/proteindif.html

And yes you can supplement - look for vegetarian formulas as in these
examples - there are many other brands:
http://www.naturallydirect.net/vitamin-source-supplements.htm
http://www.herbalremedies.com/aminoacids.html

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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 06:02:15 -0500, "gary thomas" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

OK, I understand that vegetable protein lacks a certain amino acid{s]

to

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Quoted message said:

make it complete and useable. My question is, which amino acid is it and
could you take a supplement of this amino with vegetable protein to make

it

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complete and useable?
gary

No, you must eat the cute, fuzzy-wuzzy animals. Sorry.

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Proton Soup

"Thanks for noticing that I didn't actually say anything." - Mike Lane

Don't get me wrong, I'm no vegetarian by any means,but sometimes for
breakfast I'll have toast with suasage patties made from vegetable protein,
and no animal protien with it.It might come out to 20-30 grams of protien,
but it does me no good if my body can't use it because it's not complete
,right?Just wondering if a supplement with this would work.
gary

gary thomas said:

Don't get me wrong, I'm no vegetarian by any means,but sometimes for
breakfast I'll have toast with sausage patties made from vegetable
protein, and no animal protien with it.It might come out to 20-30
grams of protien, but it does me no good if my body can't use
it because it's not complete right?

No, wrong - all soy products are a complete protein. And other foods
that are incomplete proteins, are still used by the body, and can be
combined with other foods to make a complete protein, so basically you
dont have to supplement, especially if you also eat meat, eggs, dairy
products.

From: http://1stholistic.com/Nutrition/hol_nutr_protein.htm

"All soybean products, such as tofu and soymilk, ARE complete proteins.
They contain the essential amino acids plus several other nutrients.
Available in health food stores, tofu, soy oil, soy flour, soy-based
meat substitutes, soy cheese, and many other soy products are healthful
ways to complement the meatless diet."

So meatless sausages, patties etc are a great way to add protein to
your diet without the added fat.

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