Amaranth packs 14 grams of protein per 100 grams, and a large share of these are made
up of lysine, albumins, and globulins, which are known as «high biological value» protein because they are easier to digest and absorb.
Not exact matches
Carnitine is actually formed in the body, and is made
up of two essential amino acids, called
lysine and methionine.
Due to
Lysine being beneficial for things like eye health, immune support, and healing, sellers
of Amaranth - based products love to talk
up the «high
Lysine content».
If at one meal you are missing a few beads
of lysine, you can make
up for it in your next meal or two and have no issues.
Philip Day, in his book health wars, describes heart disease as a «slow motion scurvy» caused by nutritional deficiencies
of the 2 amino acids above + vitamin C — which cause damage to the arteries, which is then repaired by cholesterol (which then builds
up eventually blocking arteries)(I'm pretty sure it was
lysine and proline — you'd have to check).
Pea protein powder has plenty
of lysine to make
up for what's missing in rice protein.