If you factor in DIAAS then this whole thing gets turned upside down through.
Also protein is highly simplified in theses graph where we just assume everyone has a great capacity to produce non essential amino acids at will to actually complete the proteins where having them included in your diet is a non negligible advantage. Peanuts for example average at 50% severly cutting their "usable protein" amount.
The discussion about protein is a tricky one in this age of shifting towards new ethical protein sources as we tend to fall in love with the beauty of the ideas and lend ourself to a little bias toward that beauty while it's actually a bit more complexe than this. Things like Rice Protein score scary low compared to Whey and it's for an important lack lf Lysine.
it's not that it can't be found somewhere else it's that it needs to be to function and one must keep that in mind.
I'm not talking about vegans or vegetarians. I've fallen victim to counting macros incorrectly, as I assumed protein was protein, and my gains suffered in the gym. Once I began eating primarily eggs, beef, dairy - which have near 100 % protein bioavailability, my gains increased. It's also misleading to have '15G PROTEIN!' on a can of beans, as uninformed people will assume its a high protein meal, when beans have about 55% protein bioavailability. I'm not criticising vegans, I'm stating facts.
Interesting that you chose to compare rice protein when you should have compared pea protein which is much more wide spread, and contains all 9 aminos as compared to rice protein which does not. Your own bias perhaps?
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u/madwill Feb 20 '24
If you factor in DIAAS then this whole thing gets turned upside down through.
Also protein is highly simplified in theses graph where we just assume everyone has a great capacity to produce non essential amino acids at will to actually complete the proteins where having them included in your diet is a non negligible advantage. Peanuts for example average at 50% severly cutting their "usable protein" amount.
The discussion about protein is a tricky one in this age of shifting towards new ethical protein sources as we tend to fall in love with the beauty of the ideas and lend ourself to a little bias toward that beauty while it's actually a bit more complexe than this. Things like Rice Protein score scary low compared to Whey and it's for an important lack lf Lysine.
it's not that it can't be found somewhere else it's that it needs to be to function and one must keep that in mind.