Dr. Christopher Gardner

And so I knew a lot about this, but to make a slideshow for them that day, I did something I had never done before, and I got a whole bunch of foods, and I plotted out the amounts of every single amino acid in the food in the proportions they were in.

If you looked at that 0.8 grams per kilogram body weight per day and if you thought that exceeded the needs of some people, it's plausible that a lot of people by that calculation need 40 grams of protein a day, which sounds, I'm sure, very little. And I'm only bringing that up because there's 20 amino acids.

If you looked at that 0.8 grams per kilogram body weight per day and if you thought that exceeded the needs of some people, it's plausible that a lot of people by that calculation need 40 grams of protein a day, which sounds, I'm sure, very little. And I'm only bringing that up because there's 20 amino acids.

If you looked at that 0.8 grams per kilogram body weight per day and if you thought that exceeded the needs of some people, it's plausible that a lot of people by that calculation need 40 grams of protein a day, which sounds, I'm sure, very little. And I'm only bringing that up because there's 20 amino acids.

And I would assume the average person would think, well, if I needed 40 and there's 20 amino acids, I would need two grams of every amino acid. And that is totally not the way it works. It actually works more like a board game of Scrabble. So when you're drawing, there's 100 Scrabble letters in the bag, and there's 26 letters in the alphabet.

And I would assume the average person would think, well, if I needed 40 and there's 20 amino acids, I would need two grams of every amino acid. And that is totally not the way it works. It actually works more like a board game of Scrabble. So when you're drawing, there's 100 Scrabble letters in the bag, and there's 26 letters in the alphabet.

And I would assume the average person would think, well, if I needed 40 and there's 20 amino acids, I would need two grams of every amino acid. And that is totally not the way it works. It actually works more like a board game of Scrabble. So when you're drawing, there's 100 Scrabble letters in the bag, and there's 26 letters in the alphabet.

And it almost seems like there would be four of each letter in the bag. But you all know there's only one Z left. And one Y and one X. I mean, there's two Ys. But there's a crap ton of Es and Ns and Rs. And your amino acids are just like that. So you need a crap ton of lysine and leucine. And you need very little methionine or cysteine. So it was really fun in putting these graphics together.

And it almost seems like there would be four of each letter in the bag. But you all know there's only one Z left. And one Y and one X. I mean, there's two Ys. But there's a crap ton of Es and Ns and Rs. And your amino acids are just like that. So you need a crap ton of lysine and leucine. And you need very little methionine or cysteine. So it was really fun in putting these graphics together.

And it almost seems like there would be four of each letter in the bag. But you all know there's only one Z left. And one Y and one X. I mean, there's two Ys. But there's a crap ton of Es and Ns and Rs. And your amino acids are just like that. So you need a crap ton of lysine and leucine. And you need very little methionine or cysteine. So it was really fun in putting these graphics together.

I said, here's eggs, here's beef, here's salmon, here's pork. Get ready, because I'm going to show you beans and rice and grains and fruit. And I'm focusing on proportion. I will say per calorie, meat has more protein than plants, just in terms of calories. But proportion-wise, one of the myths is the missing amino acids are the incomplete ones.

I said, here's eggs, here's beef, here's salmon, here's pork. Get ready, because I'm going to show you beans and rice and grains and fruit. And I'm focusing on proportion. I will say per calorie, meat has more protein than plants, just in terms of calories. But proportion-wise, one of the myths is the missing amino acids are the incomplete ones.

I said, here's eggs, here's beef, here's salmon, here's pork. Get ready, because I'm going to show you beans and rice and grains and fruit. And I'm focusing on proportion. I will say per calorie, meat has more protein than plants, just in terms of calories. But proportion-wise, one of the myths is the missing amino acids are the incomplete ones.

Because if you make a graphic out of this, you will see all plants have all goddamn 20 amino acids. They all have lysine. They all have methionine and cysteine. And the idea that they're missing is wrong. The idea that you have to complement your beans and grains is wrong, unless you're getting very little protein.

Because if you make a graphic out of this, you will see all plants have all goddamn 20 amino acids. They all have lysine. They all have methionine and cysteine. And the idea that they're missing is wrong. The idea that you have to complement your beans and grains is wrong, unless you're getting very little protein.

Because if you make a graphic out of this, you will see all plants have all goddamn 20 amino acids. They all have lysine. They all have methionine and cysteine. And the idea that they're missing is wrong. The idea that you have to complement your beans and grains is wrong, unless you're getting very little protein.

At that point, it is important to complement them, but it's really not hard to get a lot of amino acids. You mentioned the quality of your protein. If you're getting 175 grams of protein a day, the quality doesn't matter a hoot. You match your needs. At 60 or 70 grams, and I think you're converting the rest to carbs.

At that point, it is important to complement them, but it's really not hard to get a lot of amino acids. You mentioned the quality of your protein. If you're getting 175 grams of protein a day, the quality doesn't matter a hoot. You match your needs. At 60 or 70 grams, and I think you're converting the rest to carbs.

At that point, it is important to complement them, but it's really not hard to get a lot of amino acids. You mentioned the quality of your protein. If you're getting 175 grams of protein a day, the quality doesn't matter a hoot. You match your needs. At 60 or 70 grams, and I think you're converting the rest to carbs.

Yeah, and I wouldn't go with the grains. So the grains are only like 10% protein. Beans are 20%. Soybeans are like 40%. And actually, the amino acid profile of soy is better than any other bean. So the Asians who were doing soy milk, tempeh, tofu for so long, pretty smart. But actually, there's an interesting issue in the U.S. compared to other countries in the world is how few beans we eat.