Re: Seasoning

cybercat wrote:

There is a bigger problem. You need complete proteins, which are
present in meat, but not in other foods, so you have to combine
other foods to get the complete proteins. Unless you like the idea
of cracked, bleeding skin, dry hair that falls out, pimples, deformed
finger and toenails, and gums that won't hold your teeth in your head.


This is true in the most extreme cases, but you don't run into it much with your standard, everyday, run of the mill, vegetarian. Most get all the protien they need from eggs and dairy. The original poster said he was eating more and more vegetarian, not that he'd given up on meat altogether. If he's getting enough calories, he's probably getting enough protein. If he's getting a reasonable variety of vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans, grains, he's probably getting enough vitamins and minerals.


The horror stories you hear about deficiencies causing the symptoms you name usually come from extreme situations, times of war or famine where people were eating from the same canned goods for years at a time, or where illness or alcoholism rendered someone unable to digest or metabolize nutrients. Extreme dieting as with an eating disorder counts too.


When Lappe came out with _Diet For A Small Planet_, she made it sound like exact protein combining was necessary or deficiencies would result. In later editions of the book, she updated her information. If you're getting rice and beans over the course of a week, you're getting complementary proteins. They don't have to be eaten at the same meal.


--Lia

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