What vegetable will give me complete protein?

Question

What vegetable will give me complete protein, like found in complete animal proteins? I was told I needed meat, but that is not true because even animals didn't originally eat other animals. For example, lions orginally ate grass and only started eating meat after humans started giving them table scraps.

Answer 1

Ok... skipping over the lion bit (I can assure you they were eating meat long before we invented tables)... protein!

The theory that you need "complete" proteins (like those found in meat) or need to combine different types of proteins in one meal has been disproved as a myth. This theory was based upon the assumption that your body needs all essential amino acids at once in order to build proteins. However, it has since been proven that your body is capable of storing amino acids between meals. As long as you consume a variety of protein sources you will be fine.

Also, you should be aware that protein intake is not usually an issue for a vegetarian or vegan as long as they eat a varied diet.

Beans, nuts, legumes, grains, tofu and more are all fantastic sources of protein!

If you are worried about your protein intake I suggest you take a look at the following website. It lists common plant-based foods and their protein content: http://www.vegparadise.com/protein.html

For more info on the myth of protein combining/complete proteins visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_com...

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0...

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

Plant sources that give you complete proteins are spirulina, quinoa, buckwheat, hempseed, and amaranth, & soy products such as soybeans, tofu, tempeh, and miso.

Answer 3

beans and legumes.  They are not exactly vegetables but they are plant foods that are high in fiber and protein...vegetarians and vegans eat beans as an alternative to meat for their protein.  You don't have to be vegetarian to enjoy it though!  Add some beans in your soup or chili, or jut eat with vegetables!

But actually, I don't know if you realize this, but animals have been eating animals even before humans...a lot of dinosaurs like the t-rex were carnivores...and cheetahs eat gazelles, and snakes eat mice...duhhh

Answer 4

best protin product are dal and soyabeen

Answer 5

Lentils with either Rice or Wheat (e.g. pasta, bread) give a complete protein.

Lentils have more protein than beef.

Answer 6

Dude! I did not know that about lions. Would love to know some more - what's the source of that info?

Answer 7

Vegetables do not provide proteins. Meat is a good source of protein, so whoever told you that you "need meat" means that you need protein. There are other sources of protein besides meat.

FYI, lions are carivores and have always been carnivores and have never relied on humans to give them table scraps. Lions, tigers, bears, jackals, wolves, coyotes and a host of other carnivores and are not domesticated animals who have relied on people for their diets.

In any case, you can get protein from other sources. Tofu is an excellent source of protein, as are legumes like nuts, lentils and beans. Beans and rice combined is a complete protein. Peanut butter is a good source of protein.

The grain quinoa is a complete protein and the only grain that is.

Fish is a good source of protein, as is chicken, depending on how you define "meat."

If you want to be a vegetarian, you must carefully plan your diet and make sure that you are getting sufficient protein. There are a lot of online resources that can help you plan a solid diet.

Answer 8

soybeans all the way

Answer 9

All foods have some protein (though some are much higher than others) which is made up of amino acids. We are able to produce several of them on our own but must take in 9 through our diet so they are called "essential" amino acids. All foods have those 9 amino acids but not all in levels that are considered good sources for humans (usually there is one or the other that is lower) so those have been dubbed "incomplete" but they still provide the amino acids that we use to form our own protein. Corn has several but the one it lacks in quantity is in abundance in beans as one example.

When we consume protein we actually have to break it down in digestion to these amino acids to form our own protein (otherwise we might turn into cows or chickens ourselves... when you really think about the absurdity of needing protein from certain sources).

Just like vitamins and minerals we don't need to get all the essential amino acids from mixing complementary proteins in the same meal. As long as we are eating a varied diet we will get what we need and our bodies stores and takes what it needs and discards what it doesn't (except for some fat soluble nutrients).

From the International Vegetarian Union (IVU) on protein:

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"Protein that contains all essential amino acids is called "complete" protein. Protein that contains some, but not all essential amino acids is called "incomplete" protein. It used to be believed that all amino acids must be eaten at the same time to form complete proteins. We now know that incomplete proteins can be stored in the body for many days to be combined with other incomplete proteins. As long as all essential amino acids are in the diet, it does not matter if the proteins are complete or incomplete.

The amount of protein recorded on food labels only lists the complete proteins. A product may contain much higher amounts of incomplete protein that is not listed. Combining such products may increase the total amount of protein beyond the levels expected."

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The truth is that those eating the Western diet get far too much protein which is actually harmful being hard on the kidneys to process through and leaching calcium from the bones to be processed. It also raises the prospect of gall and kidney stones, gout, and more. Frankly only the most deficient diets (malnutrition) are problematic protein-wise and there certainly is a lot of other issues to deal with in that case. We could get by quite well on about 30 g per day mostly or all from plant sources and that's ridiculously easy to get. Currently in the United States the average is over 100 a day.

Lions may eat cows but cows are able to grow quite large on mostly grass. In fact, a great many of the animals humans consume are vegan or can easily live that way. Human breast milk which is consumed when we are growing at our most rapid is only about 5% protein.

That said, there are several plant based foods that have all the essential amino acids so are considered "complete" proteins and often in higher amounts than animal sources. These include soy, spirulina, hemp seed, amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa, and chia. Further these all have a bunch of other nutrients and something meat doesn't have, that is a bunch of important fiber which scrubs out cholesterol which is something we do get from animal protein but we don't from plants.

Answer 10

lol about lions.. ok whatever..

quinoa is supposedly complete but I don't like it... soybeans is ok too but it'll shrink your testes supposedly and give you manboobs.

Answer 11

Soy protein is the best .

Answer 12

Cow

Sheep

Pig

Chicken

Duck

Deer

Pheasant

Grouse

Horse

Fish

-Cod

-Haddock

-Sprats

-Herring

-Sardines

-Anchovies

-Bream

-Monkfish

-Salmon

-Pollock

-Tuna

-Swordfish

-Crab

-Lobster

-Prawns

-Langoustine (scampi)

-Mussels

-Clams

yep, I've eaten all of those. I know it's not 'plants', but it's a lot more appetising than 'bacteria' (spirulina) and 'fungus' (micoprotein)