COMPLIMENTARY PROTEINS


From: GML <greg@speakeasy.org>
Newsgroups: misc.survivalism
Subject: Complimentary proteins
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:17:00 -0800

Source: "The Mt.Sinai School of Medicine Complete Book of Nutrition"


GRAINS     <----------------------------------------> LEGUMES

wheat,rice,barley,                              Dried beans(pinto, navy,
oats, cornmeal,                                 kidney, black, etc.)
millet, cracked wheat,                          dried peas,lentils,chick 
bulgur, rye                                     peas, soybeans, tofu,
                                                peanuts, peanut butter

Examples: Peanut butter sandwich; meatless bean chili and cornbread;
split pea or lentil soup and bread; rice-bean casserole; beans and
tortillas; hummus and whole wheat pita bread; middle eastern white bean
and bulgur salad; carrot-chickpea soup with whole wheat pistachiop bread


LEGUMES     <----------------------------------------> NUTS AND SEEDS
                                   
dried beans,chick peas                           pumpkin, sunflower and
lentils, dried peas, peanuts,                    sesame
soybeans and soybean products

Examples: Lentil salad sprinlked with sesame seeds; pea soup with
pumpkin seed topping; curried pumpkin-peanut soup with sunflower seeds


GRAINS      <----------------------------------------> MILK PRODUCTS

barley, buckwheat, rice,                         cheese, milk, yogurt
cornmeal, oats,wheat, rye

Examples: cereal and milk; macaroni and cheese; rice pudding; seared
polenta with summer vegetables; barley salad with bread-cheese kebabs


NUTS AND SEEDS   <------------------------------------> GRAINS

sunflower, sesame, pumpkin                       rice,wheat,oats, barley
                                                 cornmeal,
buckwheat                           

Examples: bread with sesame seeds; rice with sesame seeds; breadsticks
rolled in sesame seeds; soba noodle salad rolled in sesame seeds


NUTS AND SEEDS   <----------------------------------- > MILK PRODUCTS

sunflower,sesame,pumpkin                         cheese, milk, yogurt

Examples: cheese balls rolled in sesame seeds; milk with sunflower or
pumpkin seeds; yogurt cheese flavored with sunflower seeds and dill


MILK PRODUCTS   <-------------------------------------> LEGUMES

cheese, milk, yogurt                             dried beans,chick peas,
                                                 lentils, dried peas,
                                                 peanuts, peanut butter

Examples: peanut butter sandwich and milk, bean burrito with yogurt and
cheddar; vegetarian chili with jalapeno cheddar; split-pea soup with
mint yogurt


From: jkburnett@aol.com (JKBurnett)
Newsgroups: misc.survivalism
Subject: Re: Complimentary proteins
Date: 1 Jan 1997 19:56:01 GMT

Actually, the complimentary proteins doctrine has been disproved.  So long
as you eat a reasonable mix of foods, there is no need for the kind of
intensive protein-matching that people once thought was necessary.  

I have been a vegetarian for four years and have NEVER used protein 
matching and am perfectly healthy.  On the other hand, if it turns out 
that protein matching IS necessary, is really nothing to worry about anyway, 
because the proteins to be matched are the traditional combinations of food
(beans and rice, peanut butter sandwiches, etc.) JKB