In this week’s podcast, we discuss why the protein in plants is of lower quality compared to animal based sources.
Animal based sources of protein from things like steak, eggs, milk or chicken are all of higher quality compared to plant based sources like soy or pea protein because animal based proteins contain a complete amino acid profile. Meaning, they contain all essential and non-essential amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins. On top of that, whole food animal based sources of protein also contain all the necessary micro nutrients to properly metabolize the protein in the meal.
Protein quality isn’t reflected on our nutrition labels and this is why most people believe that protein is all of equal value wether it comes from peanuts or steaks. This isn’t true at all because our nutrition labels only depict the amount of crude protein in the given sample of food and not the true protein value which is a much better indicator of protein quality.
To learn more about why crude protein is a poor marker of protein quality and why you should get the bulk of your protein from animal sources, listen to this week’s podcast.
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