The Complete Bean Protein

April/May 2000
 
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Issue # 179 - April/May 2000

There have been several mentions of the fact that beans alone - though high in protein - are not a complete protein and lack certain amino acids. However, if beans are eaten with rice or corn at the same meal, the protein is complete. Many Mexican foods are based on beans and rice, and citizens of that country seem to be healthy enough. Besides, who can refuse a steaming bowl of bean soup and fresh corn bread with home-churned butter?

Cathy Springmann Oklahoma City, OK
(September 1975)

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  • ~kitty 10/18/2009 11:54:21 PM

    Wrong.

    The vast majority of bean protein is indigestible by humans. The most you get are the biproducts of digestion by the bacteria in your gi tract. It is also why beans give you massive amounts of gas.

    This "article" is also misleading to the point of being wrong because even though the beans and corn combination nets you amino acids that are useful, the ratios are wrong.

    The point of getting protein is to stimulate muscle. The ratio of intake you should get is of parts isoluceine, leucine and valine, in a ratio of 1:1.8:1.2. The amount found in the food combination you recommend is .5:4.2:1.9, and is largely useless.

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