Microblog: Amino Acid Imbalances in Plant Proteins

Watch the clip here.

Watch the full interview here.

Plant-based is NOT ideal.

🌈What culture has ever lived off plants or eaten the “rainbow?”

💡Humans cannot eat most plants and some of the plants we do eat are bred from the same plant (e.g., Brassica aka wild mustard)

Kohlrabi
Kale
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Mustard
Cauliflower

⚠️That’s not the rainbow. It’s one plant.

Something to think about.

Dr. Donald Layman says protein should always be measured by:
⭐️Quantity
⭐️Quality
⭐️Bioavailability (absorption)
⭐️Distribution (timing of meals)

🔎We should also move away from just counting proteins for all amino acid needs.

🔥We prioritize protein because of the essential amino acids. All foods with protein are not created the same when it comes to essential amino acids.

Dr. Layman says that when a child consumes almond milk, there is almost no protein.
🔻Quality is poor (the essential amino acids are lackluster)
🔻Bioavailability is poor
🔻Quantity – then needs to be vastly increased.

💔Almond milk is so deficient in lysine (an essential amino acid) that it would require at least 30 ounces of milk to balance amino acids with cereal.

30 ounces.

❓So imagine a child drinking 30 ounces, what else could their little stomachs consume?

🔻Which also then poorly impacts the Distribution of protein needs.

🥀You can see how easily vegetarians and vegans become malnourished.

(and we can do this math with all plant-based proteins).

🥩Just stick to meat. Just 8 ounces of a NY Strip, gives you all of your amino acid requirements in a day. (And 7 g of lysine).

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📺 Full interview on YouTube with Dr. Layman: https://youtu.be/DVi2KFXYhT4

🎙Full interview on podcast: https://nutritionwithjudy.buzzsprout.com/1848795/10793415-secret-to-weight-loss-without-losing-muscle-dr-donald-layman