From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Mon May 13 2002 - 20:16:26 MDT
On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 05:19 pm, Samantha Atkins wrote:
> You are mistaken. The Far East traditionally is very largely
> vegetarian. Most cultures wer not that strict about it but most of the
> diet is vegetarian with occassional fish and other meats
The concept of eating meat every day is largely a modern Americanism.
Most cultures did not eat meat as much as we imagine. They used rice,
bread, potatoes and beans as their primary meals with a little meat
added occasionally. This usually wasn't choice, but was a natural
result of availability.
> Veggies are full of carbs. Some of them are 100% fat (avocado for
> instance, nuts for another are quite high in fat for their weight.
> Some veggies (legumes primarily) have *more* proteien than beef does.
> So what is your gripe?
Chicken and lean pork is 30% protein. Beef is 20-30% protein. Fish is
around 20%. Your ground meats like hamburgers or hotdogs are just over
10% protein.
There are many veggie sources of protein that are more protein dense
than meat. Soy protein isolate(82%), soy protein concentrate(64%),
spirulina seaweed(58%), peanut flower(53%), soybean flour(51%), soy
meal(49%), freeze-dried tofu(48%), wheat gluten(41%), almond meal(40%),
soybean nuts(40%), yeast(39%), soybean flour(38%), roasted pumpkin or
squash seeds(34%), etc.
If you compare these numbers to meat, you see that many veggie sources
have many times the concentration of protein than meat does. A handful
of pumpkin seeds has more protein than a quarter-pounder hamburger. A
health-food store nut or soy flour hot-dog bun can contain more protein
than the hot-dog. A fake steak made out of wheat gluten can contain
twice as much protein as the equivalent sized beef steak. Even
low-protein foods can add up if you eat them as whole meals rather than
small side-dishes. A pound of cooked brown rice has more protein than a
quarter-pounder. So does a pound of corn chips, or potatoes, or pasta.
It is not as hard to find veggie protein sources as people might imagine.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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