Eat a complete protein for breakfast (animal sources: eggs, meat, raw or grass - fed dairy, fish or a combo of two
incomplete proteins like rice and beans, nut butter on toast, etc..)
If you decide to go with pea protein, use it as a pre-workout snack, unless you combine it with
another incomplete protein like...
Not exact matches
However,
like many plant - based
proteins, pea is
incomplete — meaning that it's very low in two essential amino acids.
Like many vegan
proteins, brown rice
protein powder is an
incomplete protein.
Like many plant sources, the
protein in spinach is
incomplete.
Protein is found in plants such as legumes (
like beans, peas, lentils), some vegetables, grains and even in fruits — though many of these sources of
proteins are considered «
incomplete»
proteins.
In 2001 the Nutrition Committee of the American Heart Association published a long overdue review warning people of the dangers of high
protein diets,
like the Atkins, the Zone, and Sugar Busters diets.14 Unfortunately, this one statement in an otherwise valuable report is scientifically incorrect: «Although plant
proteins form a large part of the human diet, most are deficient in 1 or more essential amino acids and are therefore regarded as
incomplete proteins.»
This sounds very complicated to me, but it looks to me
like there is a possibility that two
incomplete proteins from different food sources (which in amino acid counts and percentage may in theory add up to complete
proteins) may not actually be broken down the same way by the body as an actual complete
protein, or even the same time and therefore may have very different effect on cancer.
If you give your child only small amounts of
protein or
incomplete proteins lacking things
like tryptophan, histidine, and phenylalanine, then their mood and learning ability will suffer.
Some plants offer
protein as well (
like beans, legumes, and some grains) but they are
incomplete proteins because they only contain a few amino acids.
Incomplete proteins may only contain some of the essential amino acids — these include plant materials
like grains, legumes, and vegetables.