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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 som
by 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 agoNote 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 agoFor 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.