Do beans need to be combined with rice to make a protein?

Question

Is there any specific type of bean which is a complete protein in itself?

Answer 1

THE PROTIEN MYTH rasies it's untruthful head again.
The often (always) misqouted book Diet for a Small Planet..speaks about many different cultures & the way they combine foods to play up the protien levels, some how became "THIS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IF YOU DON'T EAT FLESH!!!!"
Of the beans/legumes Lentils, Soy Beans & Peanuts come in the highest.
Here is a super article on Veggie Sources of Protien.
http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/apr/dairy.htm

Slainté (to your health)

Answer 2

Rice Beans Complete Protein

Answer 3

Most plant proteins are considered incomplete because they do not provide all the essential amino acids. Soybeans and quinoa (a grain) are two exceptions.

This does mean that vegetarians need to get their protein from a variety of sources, but it does NOT mean that complementary proteins must be combined at the same meal. As others have mentioned, this idea of combining proteins was advanced decades ago by Frances Moore Lappe in "Diet for a Small Planet" but even she came out later to state that carefully combining proteins at each meal is not necessary. When you eat any food containing protein, your body breaks it down into its component amino acids and recombines them to form the proteins it requires for cell division, growth, etc... "Extra" aminos are stored in extracellular fluid to be combined with others later. As long as your diet, over the course of days and weeks, contains all the essential amino acids, you're good.

That said, yes, beans (or other legumes) may be combined with rice (or other grains) to form a complete protein.

Answer 4

No, beans are not complete protien. Rice especially white rice has very little protien. But that does not mean beans are not a good source. I like beans. All beans are about the same. Mature, dried beans a re a somewhat better source than fresh shelled.

Answer 5

Not at the same meal. As Celtic Tejas pointed out, Frances Moore Lappe erroneously mentioned this in her "Diet for a Small Planet." She discovered later (and corrected later editions of the book) that as long as you eat a balanced diet, you will be fine. So you can have beany chili at lunch and a veggie stir-fry with rice at dinner and still get ample protein.

I think soy is a complete protein.

Answer 6

If you eat varied sources of protein throughout any giving week, you DO NOT need to combine protein at each meal.

All foods contain protein and each one has different balances of amino acids. If you eat a balanced and varied diet, you'll never have to worry about being deficient in protein.

Answer 7

Many people have answered that you do not.
Just let me point out that the practice probably came about because beans and grains taste so very good together. Beans and rice, beans and cornbread, bean soup with crusty yeast rolls, bean burritos, etc. on and on.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

no they dont have to be combined beans are 100%protein

Answer 10

COMBINED TOGETHER RICE AND BEANS IS A COMPLETE PROTEIN, THE ANSWER IS YES NAMASTE