protein sources

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My 2 1/2 year old son has many allergies, and cannot eat any animal

products at all (he is allergic to fish, milk and eggs, and appears to

be developing allergies to all meats). However he is also allergic to

all legumes, and we do not give him any nuts or seeds (we suspect nut

allergies, and in any case all advice says at his age and with his

allergies we shouldn't give them to him).

 

I have been looking for non-legume, non-nut, non-seed sources of plant

protein for him. I need to know how I can find all the amino acids he

needs to make complete protein. These are my questions:

 

has anyone found a really detailed online guide to vegan nutrition,

listing the amino acids required and in which foods they are found?

This is the main thing I need, so that I can construct a balanced diet

for him. The ones I have found touch upon the subject, but just say

that a diet containing vegetables, grains, legumes and nuts will

provide them all - and obviously that can't be our solution.

 

The only more detailed information I have found suggests that grains

tend to be low in lysine - so that is presumably an amino acid my son

is likely to lack. Does anyone know what foods are rich in lysine?

 

One online source said that soy, quinoa and spinach are the only

vegetable sources of complete protein. Soy is out for us, quinoa I am

working on making acceptable to him - but spinach he actually likes.

Does anyone know if this is true about spinach? It seems kind of

improbable.

 

I have read elsewhere that millet is a complete protein - is this so?

Alex (and Wilder)