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Farsala said:

palou said:

...which ones

 

In general, the composition of plants is a lot more diverse than that of meat. Further off from what you need, individually, but you have all the spikes you need to balance it out, if you do the math. 

 

The "best" diet is one thats varied/balanced, I think.

 

If you're not measuring it, this is probably true.

Stuff has already been said. But lets continue with Protein. What are easy sources of protein in plant sources?

And by Protein I mean:

Histidine

Isoleucine

Leucine

Lysine

Methionine

Phenylalanine

Threonine

Tryptophan

Valine

Arginine

Cysteine

Glutamine

Glycine

Proline

Tyrosine

 

I genuinely would like to know. I am sure they can be found, but easily? I don't think so.

I'll do a couple, bottom up -

Tyrosine, usually biosynthesized, from substances abundantly found in soy.

Proline - whole cabbage family works just fine.

Glycine - none-essential, as it can be synthesized from basic elements.

Glutamine - non-essential.

Cysteine - common, synthesized under normal conditions, otherwise.

Arginine - Beans, nuts, etc..

 

Again, the human body is very good at creating what it needs, most of those can be produced, and are produced under normal circumstances by the metabolism to fit needs.

 

What concerns proteins alone, Soybeans, Quinoa, Chia, Buckwheat, and a couple others contain sufficient amounts of the *essential* amino acids that they are, by themselves, enough to fill the needs, if eaten as sole protein source.