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>The idea of combining foods, like beans and rice, turned out to be a myth. No it's basic high school biology... https://ic.steadyhealth.com/what-is-complete-

>The idea of combining foods, like beans and rice, turned out to be a myth. No it's basic high school biology... https://ic.steadyhealth.com/what-is-complete-protein-and-why-do-you-need-it https://ic.steadyhealth.com/what-is-complete-protein-and-why... >Proteins are vital for making enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. They are needed for muscles, hair, skin and all of the internal organs. Proteins are the only food source of nitrogen, essential to all life on earth. >Being built from amino acids, different proteins contain specific amino acids in specific order and amount. Proteins from meat are different than those from milk, for example. There are twenty two different amino acids, and nine of them are called the essential amino acids. Essential amino acids are somewhat specific, because they cannot be made by the body and they can be provided only through the diet. >A complete protein is a protein that contains all of the essential amino acids, in an adequate proportion. Not all of the proteins containing all essential amino acids may be called “the complete proteins”. Correct proportion, sufficient to support the biological functions of the body, is what makes one protein complete.

justinator 5y ago
You've fallen for the myth! The issue isn't that protein isn't needed - it is of course; it's that you need to combine certain foods together in the same meal to get a complete protein. Check the sources you've listed in the link. The first doesn't mention it, the second says: > It was once thought that vegetarians and vegans needed to combine plant foods at each meal to ensure they consumed complete proteins (for example, baked beans on toast). Recent research has found this is not the case. The third is a flickr image so that's irrelevant.
- grawprog 5y ago
  It's not a myth. Your post just confirms this. The reason why beans and rice are combined is because they form complementary proteins. The combination of the two are a complete protein taken together. This was my response to the parent comment. The parent implied the need to combine either rice or beans with another protein is a myth. Beans and rice are both incomplete proteins. The combination of beans and rice is not a myth. People combine beans and rice because each of them have some of the amino acids you need, both of them together have all of them.
  - tdeck 5y ago
    What the parent is saying is that you don't need to "combine" these in the conventional sense. You can eat the beans one day and the rice a few days later, and your body will absorb the complementary set of amino acids.

justinator 5y ago

You've fallen for the myth! The issue isn't that protein isn't needed - it is of course; it's that you need to combine certain foods together in the same meal to get a complete protein. Check the sources you've listed in the link. The first doesn't mention it, the second says: > It was once thought that vegetarians and vegans needed to combine plant foods at each meal to ensure they consumed complete proteins (for example, baked beans on toast). Recent research has found this is not the case. The third is a flickr image so that's irrelevant.

grawprog 5y ago
It's not a myth. Your post just confirms this. The reason why beans and rice are combined is because they form complementary proteins. The combination of the two are a complete protein taken together. This was my response to the parent comment. The parent implied the need to combine either rice or beans with another protein is a myth. Beans and rice are both incomplete proteins. The combination of beans and rice is not a myth. People combine beans and rice because each of them have some of the amino acids you need, both of them together have all of them.
- tdeck 5y ago
  What the parent is saying is that you don't need to "combine" these in the conventional sense. You can eat the beans one day and the rice a few days later, and your body will absorb the complementary set of amino acids.