Questions tagged [protein]
Sources of protein, human protein requirements, and obtaining protein within specific diet patterns.
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Does any combination of a cereal and a legume provide the complete range of amino acids?
I have often heard people saying that any combination of a cereal (rice, wheat, maize, etc) and a legume (pulses, pea, gram, etc.) provides the complete range of amino acids.
Is it true?
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Is it bad for your health to consume less than the recommended 0.8 g of protein per kg of body weight per day?
The official recommendations for daily protein intake for a person with moderate activity is about 0,8-0,9 g per kg of body weight, which comes to around 55-60 g per day for 70kg of corporal mass.
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Where can I find a cheap vegan protein bar?
I weightlift 6 times a week and trying to build muscle. I am vegetarian but I try to limit my amount of dairy intake. I am eating PURE Protein Bars as snacks between my regular meals. They cost ...
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How can I modify a fruitarian + dairy diet to provide sufficient vitamins, minerals and protein?
I am a man with 37 Yrs and average body type with almost 80kg weigth with this amount protein needs (based of this site):
I am trying to follow a fruitarian diet with some modifications such as ...
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How frequent and regular should protein intake be?
I have a varied, aiming for low-fat vegetarian diet where I eat sometimes vegetables with a bit of bread, sometimes meat industrial substitutes (I try to reduce them), sometimes pasta or rice, ...
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Body got skinny and gaunt; caused by not eating meat any more?
Last year I stopped eating meat (for environmental reasons): went from meat every day to one meat meal every one or two weeks (basically only when going out). And since Coronavirus started, this has ...
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Why does the calorie count different between raw and cooked lentils? [closed]
If you search the nutrition facts on lentils you get about 26 grams protein and 350 kcal for 100 gram raw lentils and about 9g protein and 120kcal for 100 gram boiled lentils.
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Protein sources in a raw food diet?
How do those on a raw food diet get a sufficient amount of protein? Can they get an adequate amount of protein from eating raw vegetables alone?
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What can I mix soy protein isolate with so it tastes better?
To follow a diet compatible with the type of physical activity that I do when training, I take more than a 100 g of protein per day.
As a vegan, I could get tricky to reach this amount while staying ...
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What are the disadvantages of consuming more protein than necessary?
I think most veg*ns in countries where meat consumption is high, such as the UK where I live, are accustomed to being asked "Where do you get your protein?" but it's widely accepted that ...
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Which plant-based milks have the highest protein content?
I normally buy soy milk because I prefer the taste and consistency, and also because it's a good source of protein. But I noticed that some other non-dairy milks such as coconut milk seem to have very ...
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What calculation provided the amino acid profile of a complete protein?
A complete protein is defined by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Medicine
as having all nine amino acids essential for human health in sufficient concentration. What were the ...
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Are there risks from eating too much nutritional yeast?
Nutritional yeast is a very high source of protein with about 50% of energy coming from protein content in the food. In addition to protein, nutritional yeast also provides a variety of vitamins and ...
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Alternative meat imitation protein options that are GF and soy-free
Are there any affordable alternative meat imitation protein products that are both gluten-free and soy-free in the United States?
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Protein-rich vegetarian recipes without nuts [closed]
I just recently made the transition to becoming vegetarian. I'm loving it so far and feel great, but could use some new recipes.
I personally do not like nuts so finding ways to get protein in my ...
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Muscle development in adolescents
I've heard that when children are in their teens, in particular from fourteen onwards, it is important for them to develop their muscular system.
An important part of this aspect of this development ...
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Why is green gram, also known as mung bean, not a popular protein source?
I have been going through protein sources for vegans here and in other forums in the internet. I don't see any of them listing green gram as on of items despite having around 25g protein in 100g ...
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Is it bad to consume large quantities of spirulina and chlorella?
I have read that more than 2 grams a day of any of these products could be bad for you.
I used to take it a lot because of the protein they have specially when I go to the gym. Does anybody have more ...
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High protein on-the-go vegan snacks
I have been searching for some type of high protein vegan ready to eat snacks (I'm thinking like crisps, or maybe just flavoured crispy lentils or something) which can be purchased in bulk and have a ...
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Cheapest vegan protein options
What are the foods with the best price per protein ratio in the UK? I feel that protein is the main obstacle to a vegan diet, and so I would like to learn about possible options from you experienced ...
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De-carnivorizing protein [closed]
I just saw a great question here regarding protein sources in vegan food; the answers summarize the nutritional specifics very well. I want to go in a different direction, so I'm going to reframe this ...
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How much protein does Aquafaba contain?
Aquafaba ("the cooking liquid of beans and other legumes like chickpeas") has intrigued me since I first heard about it. How much protein does it have?
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Are insects a feasible source of proteins for the new millennium?
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has recently focused on insects as a source of proteins for the increasing population (1). However this makes me doubt, being insects on the second level of ...
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What bean provides the most nutritional value, if any?
One of the answers at Which essential amino acids are the most likely to be deficient in a vegan diet? suggests beans are the best source of essential amino acids requirements in vegan diets.
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Is meat protein really "better" than protein from a vegan or vegetarian source?
In my area (Romania) vegetarianism is rather new and has a small number of proponents. While being a vegetarian, from time to time, I hear from some persons (including medical doctors) that one should ...
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How can I determine how much protein I need in a vegan diet?
As I'm going vegan, I need to replace protein from meat with plant proteins. When I was eating meat, I didn't pay any attention to how much protein I ate. But in a vegan diet, I feel that I would have ...
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Which essential amino acids are the most likely to be deficient in a vegan diet?
Beside total proteins and the need for protein combining (see this question), here I ask a more specific question regarding single amino-acids: what are the most likely essential amino acids to be ...
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Are all types of lentils equally good sources of protein?
Lentils are mentioned often as a good source of protein. Are all types of lentils, like green, brown and red, equally good sources of protein, or are there significant differences?
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Is "protein combining" necessary to be healthy on a vegan diet?
I've heard claims that in order to be healthy on a vegan diet, one must go out of their way to combine proteins from different food sources in order to get an adequate amount of each necessary amino ...
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What are the highest protein sources for vegetarians/vegans?
One of the most frequent questions I am asked as a 30+ year vegetarian is, where do you get your protein? There seems to be a belief that the only source of protein is meat.
What are the highest ...
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Can you achieve sufficient daily complete proteins as a vegan if you only eat grains, fruits, vegetables and other whole foods?
I.e. if you eat enough grains, pulses, fruits and vegetables, but not processed foods like tofu, seitan, mock meats, etc.
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