In a message dated 7/11/05 11:49:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << We could actually take the discussion further to stipulate _properly
processed_ whole grains. Corn meal should be processed with alkali (masa harina) as I recall to to make the thiamin more absorbable, as one example. >> yes, this is what i was referring to in a previous post where i referred to corn being a source if prepared properly. masa harina (masa de harina de maíz) is made from the large-grained mexican corn (not the same thing as hominy) which has been cooked in a lime (sometimes ash) bath. though i seem to recall that the lime has a positive impact on the protein value as well, which is why i asked the cornbread question. cornbread is made with the more common (here in the u.s.a.) yellow corn, isn't it? and it's *doesn't* get the lime treatment, right? i wouldn't want to assume it's nutritional content to be the same. i may be mistaken about brown rice, but it has been my understanding that white rice does not make up for the essential amino acids which beans have in only small quantity. it's been ages, though, since i've felt the need to consult a nutrition chart. >By combining beans (low in >methionine, and threonine?) with grains (low in lysine) one comes up >with an efficient diet. As I see it one could live on a diet of one OR >the other. It would however be expensive so to speak. To get sufficient >lysine for example from a diet of corn would require eating a lot more >total protein to get the necessary amount of lysine. discussing this topic in terms of the "complete protein set" is not semantically precise, but is a far more convenient way of expressing it and conveys the basic idea. i've intentionally not gone in depth in this thread because i had the original poster in mind, not an in depth discussion. just trying to point them in the general direction so they can investigate further on their own, which is what they should do if they want to learn it well (and they should learn something like nutrition well). anyway, it's all good if we all learn a little something new (or unlearn certain equivocations!). -chris _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
