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18. Anyone remember the book "Diet for a Small Planet" by Frances Moore Lappe...

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 06:41 PM

Dec 12

It was about a vegetarian diet. In it she talked about combining proteins to get all the amino acids... for example beans have some, but not all of the amino acids, and rice has some other amino acids that beans don't, so eaten together you get a "complete protein".

I had this book (I think back in the late 70s). I've been vegetarian since the 70s. There wasn't a lot of information for vegetarian... never mind vegan, diets back then. It still amazes me how veganism has exploded around the world now.

Nice to see the U.S. dietary guidelines adding these additional sources of proteins..... better late than never. This kind of info has been around for decades...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_for_a_Small_Planet

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U.S. dietary guidelines should emphasize beans and lentils as protein, new proposal says [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 12 OP

As a vegan, I agree. n/t CousinIT Dec 12 #1

Me too BonnieJW Dec 12 #11

Me three! nt City Lights Dec 13 #19

Great sources of fiber and protein wolfie001 Dec 12 #2

Daughter got me to try black beans with diced sweet patato, cumin, garlic, onion, salsa Attilatheblond Dec 12 #14

Sounds yummy!!! wolfie001 Dec 12 #16

I use pea protein every day. defacto7 Dec 12 #3

Most of the meat I eat nowadays is chicken or turkey. Archae Dec 12 #4

Beans and lentils Rebl2 Dec 12 #17

This is a great idea. Canned beans are cheap. Dried beans in the instant pot AllyCat Dec 12 #5

I try to eat beans/legumes every day. Mosby Dec 12 #6

Lentils? Is this a new food torture plan by the Dietitians? Jacson6 Dec 12 #7

What's wrong with lentils? Retrograde Dec 12 #12

I like em. YMMV! LeftInTX Dec 12 #13

I tried. piddyprints Dec 12 #8

What beans grown where? And sprayed with what? womanofthehills Dec 12 #9

Replacing meat and fat with carbs, lots and lots of carbs Farmer-Rick Dec 12 #10

Everybody's system is different, but I love beans Alice Kramden Dec 12 #15

Anyone remember the book "Diet for a Small Planet" by Frances Moore Lappe... IcyPeas Dec 12 #18

I love beans and it is a good thing my idiot loves me. :) Solly Mack Dec 13 #20

I In the Future, Everything Will Be Made of Chickpeas: America is finally embracing an ingredient that much of the worl riversedge Dec 14 #21