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Peter A

In article >, says...
> >As far as I know, that is not true. No single vegetable source has
> >complete protein. If you have legitimate information to the contrary,
> >I'd like to know about it.
>
> Soy protein is complete, assuming you are using the World Health
> Organization's definition of "complete". This is well known,
> and efforts you may have seen to debunk this are rubbish.
>
> Quinoa is also complete, but just barely. There are probably many
> other complete single vegetable proteins but they are not
> high-protein vegetables and so this aspect is not nutritionally
> significant.
>
> Steve
>

Interesting, thanks. I eat a good amount of soy, so I guess this is a
good thing!

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Peter Aitken