Wed, Nov-11-09, 04:26
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Plan: 30/60/90
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Location: England
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If you look at a range of greens and other non-starchy vegetables, you will find that the average protein content is somewhere around 25% to 35%. As a group they have more protein:calorie, making them richer in protein than nuts, seeds peas or beans.
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I don't think so. I just went to http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ and did some math. Broccoli is 12% protein by calorie, Spinach is 8%, zucchini and lettuce are about 14%.
That is besides the point though; vegetables are still a poor source of protein because you have to eat unfeasible amounts of them to get adequate protein intake in a day. You are choosing to rate the protein content by calories so that it makes it look higher. Rated by weight, leafy green vegetables are about 3% protein. Weight, or rather mass, is what counts on the plate. You would have to eat 3kg / 6.6lbs of broccoli to get 90g protein, and even then it would not be complete protein, because it is lacking in amino acids like Tryptophan, Methionine, and Cystine.
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