RE: protein [s]

[Guest guest]

This is a classic and common case of learning to ask the " right " questions.

Before asking " where do you get your protein? " it is prudent first to ask,

" How much protein do we need, and in what form(s)? "

 

Since the 1940s, we have been bombarded with the protein myth, that somehow

we do not have enough protein. Yet, of all the tens and tens of thousands of

diagnostic codes available for doctors to use, there is NO diagnostic code

for a pure protein deficiency -- NONE. There are a couple of diagnoses, the

best known being Kwashiorkor, which were originally thought to highlight a

protein deficiency. But it has been clearly shown that these diagnoses are

merely brilliant perceptions of starvation, occurring in Africa. In fact,

the recommended treatment for Kwashiorkor is carbohydrate, NOT protein.

 

Americans are totally protein poisoned. The average American consumes about

16-17% of calories from protein, on a diet overly high in calories. In

contrast, we actually need a diet consisting of about 5-8% protein,

calculated based upon the right number of calories. We also need fewer than

10% of calories from fat, some argue fewer than 5%.

 

Fruits are the ONLY food group that provides, on average, about 5-6% of

calories from protein AND fewer than 10% of calories from fat. Tender greens

are in the teens for protein, but the absolute number of calories is low, So

eating, for example, a fairly large head of leaf or romaine lettuce in a day

might increase your percent of protein calories by 1/2 percentage point or

so. Nuts are actually not that high in protein as a percentage of calories,

and they are extremely high in fat and in nondigestible fiber. Tough

vegetables, such as broccoli, kale, etc. are higher in protein as a

percentage of calories, but again the actually number of calories is low,

and these foods are loaded with nondigestible fiber.

 

So believe it or not, fruits accompanied by tender greens provide the

perfect source of protein for humans, just as they do fiber (from my post

several days back).

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

 

Lynne [niklyn]

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:50 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] protein

 

 

Hello Everyone - a question for you - protein - before raw we got our

protein from quorn products - but where does the main source of it come

from raw - I have read vegetables have some - broccolli is good - nuts too

obviously too - what quantities would have to be eaten to get all the

protein we need.

Thanks - we ate the " sludge " by the way - it really wasn't too bad! Thanks

for the other suggestions of how to use the ingredients - they would have

been much nicer even in their whole state really - I suppose I was trying to

invent - back to nature then pretty much!

Love Lynne