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Does mixing peanut butter and oatmeal make the meal into a "complete protein" meal being that both a

Discussion in 'Health' started by Mohsin, May 24, 2017.

  1. Mohsin

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    The two proteins are complementary in general but one would have to calculate the proportions carefully to optimize the amino-acid ratios in the result. That said, you don’t have to be that careful.

    Your minimum protein requirement would be 40–60 grams of protein per day depending on your gender and size. That means unless your protein intake is very unbalanced, consuming perhaps 20% more total grams of protein than required simply allows the excess of a few amino acids that don’t become muscle to be converted to glucose. About half of ingested protein is commonly converted on first pass through the liver in any case.

    The main problem with modern diets is an excess of fast-digesting carbohydrate. Oatmeal digestion is delayed by its soluble fiber but is still quite rapid. Peanut butter supplies the vast majority of its calories as an oil that is high in mono-unsaturated oleic acid. Not only is that good in itself but in combination it further slows digestion.

    Others may consider this combination to be strange but I use it as well. Choose regular rather than quick oats and cook it minimally to avoid it getting gummy. Using crunchy peanut butter makes for a more varied consistency.
     

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