protein peas?

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Hi,I am on a fat free vegan diet and was wondering if the peas as in split pea soup - made at home - with no added fat - is a complete protein. I went to nutritiondata.com and it looks to have a high protein (amino acid) score to include all the essential amino acids. I want to make sure, because I cut

out grains and do not compliment the protein with starches, so I need to verify that peas are a complete protein. I know some people eat it for protein supplement in powder form. I am eating plain sweet potatoes rather than grain and maybe some white potatoes once in a great while that are higher in protein that I suspected. i want to have fat free sources of protein. Please give me your thoughts. Thank you.Maureen

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maureen smith wrote:

 

> Hi,

>

> I am on a fat free vegan diet and was wondering if the peas as in

> split pea soup - made at home - with no added fat - is a complete

> protein. I went to nutritiondata.com <http://nutritiondata.com/> and

> it looks to have a high protein (amino acid) score to include all the

> essential amino acids. I want to make sure, because I cut out grains

> and do not compliment the protein with starches, so I need to verify

> that peas are a complete protein. I know some people eat it for

> protein supplement in powder form.

>

> I am eating plain sweet potatoes rather than grain and maybe some

> white potatoes once in a great while that are higher in protein that

> I suspected. i want to have fat free sources of protein. Please

> give me your thoughts. Thank you.

>

 

You don't need to worry about protein complementarity. That's outdated

info, and even Frances Moore Lappe, who started the craze, has said as

much. Here's a quote:

 

" In 1971 I stressed protein complementarity because I assumed that

the only way to get enough protein ... was to create a protein as

usable by the body as animal protein. In combating the myth that

meat is the only way to get high-quality protein, I reinforced

another myth. I gave the impression that in order to get enough

protein without meat, considerable care was needed in choosing

foods. Actually, it is much easier than I thought.

 

" With three important exceptions, there is little danger of protein

deficiency in a plant food diet. The exceptions are diets very

heavily dependent on [1] fruit or on [2] some tubers, such as sweet

potatoes or cassava, or on junk food (refined flours, sugars, and

fat). Fortunately, relatively few people in the world try to survive

on diets in which these foods are virtually the sole source of

calories. In all other diets, if people are getting enough calories,

they are virtually certain of getting enough protein. " ^

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_combining#cite_note-7>

 

 

Serene