Protein Combining ?

February 18, 2007

I was watching discoveryhealth channel this a.m. and the question was

asked whether plant protein was as " good " as animal protein. I was a

bit surprised at Dean Ornish's answer. He, of course, stated that

plant source of protein has less saturated fat than animal, but then

he said some care should be exercised to combine plant sources to

provide all essential amino acids. The specific example he gave was to

combine beans with rice.

I am perplexed that he continues to support the notion of the

" limiting amino acid " and " incomplete " protein.

Jeff Novick showed quite convincingly that this is not really

necessary at each meal but eat a variety of plants each day which

makes healthy sense for a number of reasons.

Here is Jeff's reasoning:

Maybe this is what Ornish was alluding to, ie. to eat a variety, but

then why would he assert that for instance beans must be eaten with

rice at same time in same meal?

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