From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 20 2003 - 10:50:09 MDT
--- Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:
> Hal Finney wrote,
> > My understanding is that most proteins are broken down
> > essentially all the way into their constituent amino
> > acids during the digestion process.
> >
> > Based on this, I wouldn't expect much difference between eating
> animal
> > or vegetable protein in terms of whether or where proteins are
> reused
> > or torn down.
>
> I partially agree. The idea that veggie proteins are built up from
> scratch more than animal proteins probably doesn't pan out.
I think the idea is that there is a relative difference in the amount
of energy required to break down certain proteins versus other sorts.
If it takes you twice as many calories to digest animal protein versus
plant protein, then if you are trying to diet you should eat foods that
require the most energy expenditure to digest for the least return. In
this example, it would be animal proteins.
Proteins, having the least caloric value versus fats and carbohydrates,
should be the object of focus then in any effective diet. Carbs provide
the greatest return on energy investment, and thus should be minimized.
One should then focus on ingesting proteins that are the least
efficiently digested.
=====
Mike Lorrey
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