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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6391761" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Small science correction/clarification. </p><p></p><p>"Complete protein" refers to food that has a full spread of essential amino acids, the amino acids that your body cannot produce for itself. Dietarily, "complete protein" does not refer to a single molecule of protein as being complete, but to the spectrum of amino acid content overall in the food. </p><p></p><p>The body does *not* change amino acids during digestion. So, "during digestion they combine to form complete proteins," is misleading. Digestion doesn't create proteins at all - your body cannot absorb anything bigger than a tri-peptide, much less a full protein with dozens or hundreds of peptides. Digestion is about breaking proteins down into their constituent parts. It is just that neither food, on its own, provides complete protein nutrition, but together, they do. There's nothing in the digestion process that changes this. </p><p></p><p>Yes, protein does help satiate feelings of hunger, but the stomach does not measure the <em>completeness</em> of protein. The stomach has to churn proteins more than carbohydrates or fats, whether they are complete or not, so it slows its process of emptying - and that makes you feel satiated. In effect, "I'm not lettin' this stuff go for a while, dude, so slow down with the shovel!!"</p><p></p><p>Fruit and cheese together does the job well because it has protein (cheese), fiber (fruit) and sugar (fruit), which together create satiation more effectively than say, just sugar and fat from a candy bar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6391761, member: 177"] Small science correction/clarification. "Complete protein" refers to food that has a full spread of essential amino acids, the amino acids that your body cannot produce for itself. Dietarily, "complete protein" does not refer to a single molecule of protein as being complete, but to the spectrum of amino acid content overall in the food. The body does *not* change amino acids during digestion. So, "during digestion they combine to form complete proteins," is misleading. Digestion doesn't create proteins at all - your body cannot absorb anything bigger than a tri-peptide, much less a full protein with dozens or hundreds of peptides. Digestion is about breaking proteins down into their constituent parts. It is just that neither food, on its own, provides complete protein nutrition, but together, they do. There's nothing in the digestion process that changes this. Yes, protein does help satiate feelings of hunger, but the stomach does not measure the [I]completeness[/I] of protein. The stomach has to churn proteins more than carbohydrates or fats, whether they are complete or not, so it slows its process of emptying - and that makes you feel satiated. In effect, "I'm not lettin' this stuff go for a while, dude, so slow down with the shovel!!" Fruit and cheese together does the job well because it has protein (cheese), fiber (fruit) and sugar (fruit), which together create satiation more effectively than say, just sugar and fat from a candy bar. [/QUOTE]
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