Beans & Rice

[DonCorleone562]

Word has it that beans eaten with rice = protein. Is this true? If so, which type of beans? kidney, black, lentils?

 

[Nathan]

This is more of a concern if you do not eat meat. Vegans often hafve to mix and match foods in order to obtain complete amino acid profiles in their diets. Beans bring a certain fraction of some types of amino acids, while rice brings others. If you combine them, you can end up obtaining a complete amino acid profile in a single meal, much like if you ate a serving of meat or dairy or eggs, etc.

Not sure which beans you need to combine with which types of rice though. Are you vegan? If not, I wouldn't sweat it and would say try to opt for real meats anyways - especially red meat for growth. It has other things like creatine that are beneficial for anabolism.

 

[DonCorleone562]

Thanks for the response. I am not a vegan. I just would like to get in as much protein as possible.
For instance,
I just had 3 pcs of chicken thighs, beans and rice. I hope that is over 60grams of protein.

 

[Nathan]

Thanks for the response. I am not a vegan. I just would like to get in as much protein as possible.
For instance,
I just had 3 pcs of chicken thighs, beans and rice. I hope that is over 60grams of protein.

My guess is yes. Your body can only handle so much protein in a sitting though - you are better off spacing out your protein intake as much as possible over the course of the day.

 

[Acela]

In Arnold's "Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding" he designates each form of protein with a rank as far as how much of it is actually being utilized by the body. Gram for gram, i believe he had egg & whey at the top (you utilize about 90-95% of each gram of protein) and nuts and beans at the bottom (60-70% utilization). Like Nathan said, by adding rice you make a "complete" protein making it more useful for our purposes.

That section in the book is very good BTW