09-06-2010, 06:20 PM
(09-05-2010, 05:22 PM)altezon Wrote: It's more difficult to eat healthy being a vegetarian, isn't it? Meat contains all the essential amino acids necessary to construct
human protein, but vegetables always lack one or another so that they have to be combined intelligently to complement each other.
(09-06-2010, 05:30 PM)kath3 Wrote: Actually this is incorrect. Quinoa (kinwa) often thought of as a grain is actually a seed and therefore contains no gluten. It's considered a super food because it is a complete protein, containing 8 essential amino acids making it an excellent meat substitute in vegetarian dishes. I use it in much the same way as rice.
I wasn't aware. I'm wondering how the specific essential amino acids (EAA's) occur as a percentage of the protein, in comparison
to the human 'recommended daily amount' (RDA). One might guess that animal protein was significantly closer than a single vegetable.
How's the taste and digestibility?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa#Nutritional_value
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_a...ly_amounts