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Pea and rice blend
Best in terms of essential amino acid profile matching human tissue? Potato protein. Best in terms of leucine content, for good and ill? Again, potato protein. Best in terms of consumer cost per most limiting amino acid? Soy protein.
Herreman et al 2020. Comprehensive overview of the quality of plant‐and animal‐sourced proteins based on the digestible indispensable amino acid score. Food science & nutrition, 8(10), pp.5379-5391.
I come to plant based diets from the world of experimental gerontology. There, among the first thing one learns from the literature is excess protein shortens mean lifespans, across all species tested to date. Restriction protein or some amino acids like methionine, conversely, extends mean lifespan. From clinical nutrition, one learns most of us in the developed world intake about twice the protein requirement (1.5 vs 0.83 g/kg/d), and close to the threshold at which even weightlifters don't see additional benefit (1.6 g/kg/d). I find the marketing/influencer driven protein obsession of recent years a bit tragic, both in economic waste and in the expected increase in cancer mortality (growth promotion isn't without cost). I'm content to get mine from lentil soup and a handful of nuts.
I first read that as you recommending human tissue for its good amino acid profile 😂
Interesting. Do you have a secondary study on the superiority of potato protein? I only ask because all four authors for this study work for "big potato."
Excess protein increases the risk of diabetes? That’s the equivalent of blaming a burning house on the person standing near the house with a lighter, while ignoring the much larger, much longer running blazing forest fire happening just a few feet away from the house. How many humans that were metabolically healthy and didn’t have insulin resistance are developing diabetes from excessive protein? If you aren’t pointing at people on a keto or carnivore diet as your sample for a study, it’s just ludicrous. Most people are insulin resistant. Too much protein might be an issue, but they’re developing type 2 diabetes regardless of if they have too much protein or not.
It's more than a protein shake, but I genuinely love Ka'chava.
I like OWYN, they use a mix of pea, chia and pumpkin seed protein
I like Owyn too. I wish I could buy caramel in bulk like they sell chocolate and vanilla.
Plant protein. I don't do whey.
Why any issues with whey
soy.
Pea
Truvani protein powder.