vegetables with essential proteins?

juan92 · Post by **juan92** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:49 pm

can anyone list vegetables that contain essential proteins that meat has, i want to go vegetarian and need these proteins.

woodshedder · Post by **woodshedder** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:04 am

At the risk of being nitpicky (sorry)... what you mean to say is "essential amino acids". Proteins are made from 20 different amino acids. Not all proteins have all 20 kinds though. Animal protein (meat) usually does, vegetable protein usually doesn't. Human bodies can made some fraction of the 20 on our own (I forget the number), but the others we have to get from our diet.

I can't give you a complete answer because I don't know it. However I too am a vegetarian, and so this info is important for me. What I do know... soy is complete. Beans + rice (not either alone) is complete. If you're gonna be a lacto-ovo dude, both dairy and eggs are complete.

Hope that helps some.

paintball26 · Post by **paintball26** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:33 pm

check out this site, as it has talks about what you are looking for

http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/protein

basically it recommends eating a variety of different protein sources to make sure you get a balance of all the amino acids

cassiegose · Post by **cassiegose** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:53 pm

Eleven of the proteins can be synthesized from other nutrients but 9 must be obtained directly from the diet. :)

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:45 pm

Most Vegetables contain some Protein, but nearly all if not all contain very inferior amounts.

You being Vegetarian, have limited options regards "Complete Proteins"

These include.

Soybeans

Tofu

Nattokinase

Milk

Yoghurt

Low Fat Cheese

Eggs

You can get other Legumes as a source of Protein, and things like Lentils and Rice, but they are incomplete Proteins, (I don't know which they don't have).

All those are suitable enough for Vegetarians.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:48 pm

i don't know why people become vego's, i really don't....although some peopel probablty eonder why i continued training monday with a big cut on head after a wt fell on eye....each to their own i suppose

cassiegose · Post by **cassiegose** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:41 am

How did the weight fall on your eye swans? Are you ok?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:53 pm

People become Vegetarian, because they have issues with animals being killed.

I don't in part. I have almost never thought about the origins of the flesh sources I choose to eat, when I eat them.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:21 pm

ha, i was doing some leg raise toe to sky thingies with some wts attached to ankle wt and the velcro came undone when feet were right up the air and smashed me in right eye....a cut a graze and now some bruising but i'm alright little one, dont you worry about me...didn;t stop me

cassiegose · Post by **cassiegose** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:15 pm

Ouch swans! Sounds painful. Maybe be a little more careful next time you decide to do that lift? :) I'm glad you're ok. Sounds like that could have turned out much worse!

DianaB · Post by **DianaB** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:41 pm

swanso5 wrote:ha, i was doing some leg raise toe to sky thingies with some wts attached to ankle wt and the velcro came undone when feet were right up the air and smashed me in right eye....a cut a graze and now some bruising but i'm alright little one, dont you worry about me...didn;t stop me

ROFLMAO
x2
goddamn that's funny.
Why oh why would you even do this?

TalhaAbrar · Post by **TalhaAbrar** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:39 am

cassiegose wrote:Eleven of the proteins can be synthesized from other nutrients but 9 must be obtained directly from the diet.

Good answer are you too handsome

Regards
Talha

juan92 · Post by **juan92** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:15 pm

thank you for the link and the replys. it helped. i decided not to go vegeterian though, i like cheese burgers lol.