From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 12:43:42 MDT
On 2002.05.14, Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 10:39 am, Dossy wrote:
>
> >I can imagine eating 16 ounces of cooked ground beef. I can't
> >imagine eating 16 ounces of cooked brown rice. It's absorption
> >of gut juices causing it to expand would probably rupture my
> >tummy. Not a great way to live, or die for that matter.
>
> You don't eat it raw. Cooked rice has already expanded and will not
> expand any more.
Clearly, you don't eat much rice, do you?
Perform an experiment: cook rice, whatever variety you prefer.
Serve it. Into the serving plate/bowl, pour a cup of plain
room temperature water. Wait 3-4 hours. How much water is
left in the serving container? How much do you presume is
evaporated vs. absorbed by the rice. Weigh the rice before
adding water and after the four hours -- how much weight has
it gained? About a cup of water's worth?
For extra fun, measure volume. For more fun, try using a
liquid more similar to a mixture of saliva and digestive
juices found in the stomach and small intestine. Does it
change anything?
> My point is that veggies have more protein than people think.
No doubt. Can you tell us if vegetable proteins are identical
to meat proteins?
> For example, I'm looking at one-pound box of plain (not whole-wheat or
> health-food) penne pasta. It only has 7 grams of protein per serving.
How many of those get absorbed into the body? Is it more or
less difficult to absorb the protein from meat than it is for
vegetables?
> I could be overdosing my kidneys on protein while wasting
> away from a lack of calories!
How much of a lion's diet consists of non-meat?
-- Dossy
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