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Hey I fully agree with your overall point. If you don't eat more than you need in calories, you won't gain weight. Simple as that. I did have an objection rega

by dkural 12y ago

Hey I fully agree with your overall point. If you don't eat more than you need in calories, you won't gain weight. Simple as that. I did have an objection regarding egg protein v.s. soy protein - perhaps you meant impurities etc. If you are feeding them protein, and protein only, you won't notice a difference. Proteins = amino acids. Egg protein is the same thing as soy protein, which is the same thing as "meat" protein.. All of life uses the same set of amino acids, which are made according to the blueprint in genes (i.e. DNA), using essentially the same genetic code. It's literally the same physical thing.

ScottBurson 12y ago
This is as uninformed as it is vigorously stated. Different foods have different amino acid profiles, meaning that the amount of each amino acid varies, in some cases considerably, from food to food. Some amino acids the body can make itself; others can be gotten only from food. As ever, Wikipedia has a good starting point[0]. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acid
- judk 12y ago
  Note however that in practice it is very hard to construct a diet (evan a vegan diet) lacking in essential amino acids, unless you use an extreme monoculture such as.... Only corn.
- dkural 12y ago
  For caloric purposes this makes no difference. Thus - again, soy protein = egg protein. Both will give you energy. Even with fairly low levels of food consumption (i.e. not average american), as long as it is varied, we get all the essential amino acids. Please note that even people on pretty intense weight loss diets don't suffer from "essential amino acid depletion" The bacteria in our gut can synthesize all the amino acids by the way, including essential ones, from pretty much any source of nutrients.
blacksmith_tb 12y ago
Yes, but with some nuances, each has differing amounts of the various amino acids. That said, soy stands up well to egg as a source of essential (and non-essential) aminos.

by dkural 12y ago

ScottBurson 12y ago

This is as uninformed as it is vigorously stated. Different foods have different amino acid profiles, meaning that the amount of each amino acid varies, in some cases considerably, from food to food. Some amino acids the body can make itself; others can be gotten only from food. As ever, Wikipedia has a good starting point[0]. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acid

judk 12y ago
Note however that in practice it is very hard to construct a diet (evan a vegan diet) lacking in essential amino acids, unless you use an extreme monoculture such as.... Only corn.
dkural 12y ago
For caloric purposes this makes no difference. Thus - again, soy protein = egg protein. Both will give you energy. Even with fairly low levels of food consumption (i.e. not average american), as long as it is varied, we get all the essential amino acids. Please note that even people on pretty intense weight loss diets don't suffer from "essential amino acid depletion" The bacteria in our gut can synthesize all the amino acids by the way, including essential ones, from pretty much any source of nutrients.

blacksmith_tb 12y ago

Yes, but with some nuances, each has differing amounts of the various amino acids. That said, soy stands up well to egg as a source of essential (and non-essential) aminos.