Indispensable amino acid (IAA) composition and standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of five animal- and 12 plant-based proteins were used to calculate their respective Digestible Indispensable Amino Score (DIAAS) according to the three age categories defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Mean IAA content and mean SID obtained from each protein dataset were subsequently used to simulate optimal nutritional quality of protein mixtures. Datasets revealed considerable variation in DIAAS within the same protein source and among different protein sources. Among the selected protein sources, and based on the 0.5- to 3-year-old reference pattern, pork meat, casein, egg, and potato proteins are classified as excellent quality proteins with an average DIAAS above 100. Whey and soy proteins are classified as high-quality protein with an average DIAAS ≥75. Gelatin, rapeseed, lupin, canola, corn, hemp, fava bean, oat, pea, and rice proteins are classified in the no quality claim category (DIAAS <75). Potato, soy, and pea proteins can complement a broad range of plant proteins, leading to higher DIAAS when supplied in the form of protein mixtures and at specific ratios. Such complementarity highlights the potential to achieve an optimal nutritional efficiency with plant proteins alone.
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Its worth noting some food tracking apps, like cronometer, will give you the amino acid breakdowns of your logged food as well. That figure is not human absorbable DIAAS score, but just the raw amounts in the food itself, but still a interesting tool if your debugging a new diet protocol.
Annoyingly that app doesn’t use an accurate number for vitamin C in beef
Not that I’m good at keeping track, I’m not one for logging. I also prefer my hunger signals to tell me if I need more rather than an app trying to guess
Yeah, but its pretty good as a calibration. And on pure carnivore you may not need vitamin C anyway.
I don’t track, I just used it one time to map out my default meal to figure out if I missed anything.
I should write a start date on my salt so I can tell average grams per day
I just dose a “lo salt” potassium/sodium mixture based on how I feel. When I’m low I feel a small pressure behind my eyes, and I take more. About 1g 2x a day is right for me.
Today isn’t tracking day, it’s the annual Australia Day party day. Oh well, I have been pretty happy on this way of eating for the last two years, so I’ll be fine for another few days