re: Switching to vegetarian diet

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So if someone ingested 500 grams of plant protein in a day through whole food sources and plant based protein shakes they could not absorb enough to get the rda of 60 grams? You really are embarrassing yourself.

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You really are misunderstanding me. You are looking at it from what is listed in the food, not what is digested. Then you start talking about bioavailabilty thinking "sure, that has to mean what is digested" when it isn't exactly true. Because it doesn't take into account what you poop out, aka, did not absorb into your body. And, that varies from person to person. There is no study detailing on what amino acids were pooped out and not absorbed. Again, it is not 100% because you pooped. Fatty meats are more completely absorbed by the body, leaving very little waste product. The body is able to break the meat down more completely, due to the anatomy of the human body, homo sapien.

You sound frustrated and sorry to not give an inch, but science hasn't defined it yet. You can say I'm embarrassing myself, but you haven't shown me direct evidence to the contrary. All I'm saying is you cannot break down the cellulose completely to access all the amino acids to complete the essential amino acids necessary. This being from natural plant sources, not modern day powders or whey protein nonsense.