In hitting my protein and fiber goals, I wondered if there was any differences in the types and sources? Chicken vs fish vs plant? Whole vs supplemented?

Am I good just supplementing inulin for fiber target? Does it need to be various plant sources or could you just eat beans to get there?

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Posted by scottydoesntknow

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Posted on 10/18/24 at 1:46 pm to Aubie Spr96

Plant proteins are incomplete. You have to combine different plants to get full protein.

Animal proteins are just going to differ in their fat and mineral content. Some people will respond better to some animal proteins than others depending on genetics. In all cases animal protein will always be superior to plants

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Posted by pwejr88

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Posted on 10/18/24 at 4:31 pm to Aubie Spr96

If you hit your daily protein goals it doesn’t matter. If you don’t, it does.

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Posted by Vastmind

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Posted on 10/18/24 at 9:16 pm to pwejr88

Red ruminant meat is the best.

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Posted by LeGOAT

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Posted on 10/19/24 at 11:17 am to scottydoesntknow

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Plant proteins are incomplete

This is correct. Plant proteins lack adequate methionine, have lower leucine content compared to animal protein and/or whey. Both methionine and leucine are essential for mTOR pathway activation which leads to optimal protein synthesis, anabolism, thus muscle hypertrophy.

But, as stated above, if you get 1 gram per lb of body weight, protein sources don’t seem to make a difference (according to randomized controlled trials). That is, you should get enough methionine/leucine if you take in 1 gram/lb

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