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- From: russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence)
- Subject: Re: Combine'd' laziness
- Message-ID: <C19zGG.99u@wpg.com>
- Organization: WP Group
- References: <lm062oINN8ov@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:53:03 GMT
- Lines: 53
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- From article <lm062oINN8ov@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, by banta@abingdon.Eng.Sun.COM (242 lbs before cooking):
- > In article <C16IM6.79L@wpg.com> russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) writes:
- >>I say:
- >>> ingest to get the 4 grams of protein you got from the beef calorie?
- >>> If you want to be fair, it would take an infinite number of calories
- >>> because you *can't get* the 26 essential amino acids from soy alone,
- >>> like you can from beef.
- >>
- >>26 essential amino acids?
- >>
- >>Why don't you try reading a book once in a while instead of wasting
- >
- > Sorry. I had just heard about this nifty book you scored, which talked
- > about the 26 essential letters of the alphabet.
- >
- > There are 7 essential amino acids, and you *still* can't get them all
- > from soy, alone.
-
- Not according to the Handbook-8-13, published by the USDA's Human
- Nutrition Service, May, 1990. Some of the older issues of the handbook
- show the comparison in a way that's more favorable to soybeans, but
- still, I think we can see that your claim is false.
-
- mg/100 grams
-
- Medium Boiled
- Hamburger Soybeans
- Tryptophan 284 242
- Threonine 965 723
- Isoleucine 987 807
- Leucine 1845 1355
- Lysine 538 1108
- Phenylalanine 873 869
- Tyrosine 718 630
- Valine 1116 831
- Methionine 538 224
-
- Hamburger Soybeans
- Calories 287 173
- Protein 23g 17g
- Fat 21g 9g
- Carbohydrate 0 10g
- Fiber 0 2g
- Saturated Fat 45% 15%
- Cholesterol 68mg 0
-
- > The argument never lost a drop of water.
-
- Too bad for you. It's still piss.
-
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- Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
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