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sublineartoday at 7:49 PM2 repliesview on HN

> Protein dominates the grocery shelves: Protein chips. Protein cookies. Protein water.

Yeah and most of it is incomplete plant protein missing amino acids.

> Protein restriction, Phillips says, is a sort of “lite” version of a more well-known longevity hack — caloric restriction.

I'm confused by this since protein is much lower calorie than fat or carbs.


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kuerbeltoday at 8:02 PM

>Yeah and most of it is incomplete plant protein missing amino acids.

Common misconception. Soybean, quinoa, buckwheat provide all essential amino acids in good proportions

almost all plant proteins contain all nine essential amino acids, just in lower proportions.

dahindstoday at 7:54 PM

protein and carbohydrate are both 4 calories per gram?

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