I'm keeping track of all the grams of carbs, protein, and fat I consume. Not all protein is the same, since some is complete and some is not. If, for example, I eat green beans and they contain some protein should I incude that in my daily total since it's not complete protein? Or should I only include protein from eggs, meat, chicken, milk, protein shakes, etc. that I know is complete? Thanks for any advice.
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How to correctly calculate protein intake???
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GDSGFT
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Only add protein from dairy, meats, eggs and shakes. For example, 100grams of pasta has 10 or so grams of protein. Don't add that.
I disagree entirely. If a food contains protein, then count it. For the vast majority of people (particularly people who lift) protein quality really isnt much concern due to the relatively high intakes we use. The lower the protein intake, the more important protein quality becomes. But if you are taking in 1-2g/lb, its really not a big deal. Count it all.GDSGFT said:
Beefy
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If you ate navy beans, which have about 7g of protein per serving, by themselves then there's no point in counting the protein. But if you added a cup of milk to the meal then you could add not only the milk protein, but the bean protein as well. The milk protein completes the bean protein. A good rule of thumb is to add all of the proteins (like Bob said), but make sure you include protein from an animal source with every meal or snack. Since animal proteins are always complete proteins, you'll always be safe to have the full amino spectrum.
An incomplete protein such as beans, or anything that's not from an animal, doesn't provied the full amino spectrum and shouldn't be considered in your protein count if it isn't consumed with a complete protein.
An incomplete protein such as beans, or anything that's not from an animal, doesn't provied the full amino spectrum and shouldn't be considered in your protein count if it isn't consumed with a complete protein.
Thats kind of an old theory regarding (in)complete proteins. As long as you are consuming enough calories and your overall protein intake is decent, then it doesnt make any difference whether you eat some "incomplete" proteins or not. Its really inconsequential. But you are correct in the idea that getting all your protein from one source is not the best idea.
