Troy Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Pumpkin Seeds An amino acid score of 136! Thats the highest I've seen for a plant based food. Pumpkin seeds were higher than eggs, beef, chicken, soy, and pretty much everything else high in protein that I looked at. If anyone finds a plant based food higher, post it. What a great macro nutrient profile too... 50% Carbs - 36% Fat - 15% Protein I wonder who would be jumping on this if they made it into a fat free protein isolate powder?! I've had some sitting in my fridge for months but haven't touched them, maybe they will be my secret muscle building weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Blend them up in a smoothie. I don't like eating roasted nuts/seeds but I don't like raw pumpkin seeds too much. Smoothie is a good way to mask it. They are supposed to be good for testosterone or something as well, can't remember why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couture547 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 becasue it's one of the highest sources of Zinc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I eat pumpkin seeds every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I know they are recommended for men. Can't really remember why. It has something to do with sexual health I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endcruelty Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 dammmn ..... *adds to the shopping list* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I know they are recommended for men. Can't really remember why. It has something to do with sexual health I believe. Prostate health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen_Horse Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Damn their high calorie count! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I love pumpkin seeds with some salt or Bragg's aminos. Avocado is not far away with amino acids profile of 129. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjohanx Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 good news. i used to eat them all the time. time to get back into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I know they are recommended for men. Can't really remember why. It has something to do with sexual health I believe. Prostate health. That would be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeloaves Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Yes, pepitas rock. I used to buy these with various seeds/nuts/dried fruit from trader joe's, and make my own mixes. I have a hard time controlling myself with these trail mixes. It's so easy to eat loads and loads of them. Also. the high calories, and fat scare me. Pepitas are a great addition to home made hummus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spine Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Pumpkin seeds are also an excellent source of iron. I like to eat a handful of them and then an orange--the vitamin C in the orange increases iron absorption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couture547 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 136 profile is amazing. The only thing higher that i know of is egg white which is like 146, but that's something you have to cook and you damage alot of the amino acids. Does anyone know what the score is on hemp seeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeloaves Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 (edited) 136 profile is amazing. The only thing higher that i know of is egg white which is like 146, but that's something you have to cook and you damage alot of the amino acids. Does anyone know what the score is on hemp seeds? Source: hemphasis.com Nutritional Analysis of Hemp SeedsProtein 22.5%Carbohydrates 35.8%Moisture 5.7%Ash 5.9%Calories 503 per 100gDietary fiber 35.1% (3.0% soluble)Fat 30% Essential Fatty Acid Profile Omega-3 (Alpha Linolenic) 20%Omega-6 (Linoleic) 57%Omega-9 (Oleic) 12%Stearic 2%Palmitic 6%Carotene (Vit A) 16,800 IU per poundThiamine (B1) .9mg/100gRiboflavin (B2) 1.1mg/100gPyridoxine (B6) .3mg/100gNiacin (B3) 2.5mg/100gVitamin C 1.4mg/100gVitamin D 100 IU/100gVitamin E 3 mg/100g Source: Nutiva Total Calories: 174 Calories From Fat: 127 Total Fat: 13.5g 21% Saturated Fat: 1g 4% Trans Fat: 0g Omega-3 ALA: 3g Omega-6 LA: 7.5g Super Omega-3 SDA: .3g Super Omega-6 GLA: .6g Cholesterol 0mg 0% Sodium: 0mg 0% Total Carbohydrates: 2g 1% Dietary Fiber: 1g 5% Sugars <1g Protein: 11g 22% Iron: 16% Vitamin E: 21% Phosphorus: 48% Magnesium: 48% Zinc: 23% Edited June 7, 2008 by threeloaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 136 profile is amazing. The only thing higher that i know of is egg white which is like 146, but that's something you have to cook and you damage alot of the amino acids. Does anyone know what the score is on hemp seeds? I have heard from several sources these figures. I don't think nutritiondata.com is using PDCAAS because they only say they take into account the amino acid profile, not the digestibility. These figures might not be all that helpful: Protein Digestibility: 0.93PDCAAS: 0.46PER: 1.87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seitan_man Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Pardon me for being dumb, but could someone explain this 'PDCAAS' and 'protein digestibility' business to me in layman's terms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Pardon me for being dumb, but could someone explain this 'PDCAAS' and 'protein digestibility' business to me in layman's terms? PDCAAS stands for, I think, Partially Digestibility-Corrected Amino Acid Score. It takes into account the amino acid score of a protein and how much of the protein is actually utilized by the body. This is done by examining feces I believe. Straight digestibility just refers to the percentage of the protein that is digested by the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 136 profile is amazing. The only thing higher that i know of is egg white which is like 146, but that's something you have to cook and you damage alot of the amino acids. Does anyone know what the score is on hemp seeds? There's something I don't understand about the amino scores for eggs on NutritionData.com...First: I always knew that most of the proteins in egg were in the white, but it was an incomplete protein, while the yolk represent less than 1/6 of the proteins in the egg but it completes the amino acids of the white. Also: Egg white : 145Yolk: 146Whole: 136 How the hell could it be possible that the whole egg has inferior amino acids score than white or yolk separatly, if yolk is 146 and white is 145? If we can know the amino acids score for hemp and quinoa, perhaps pumpkin seeds is gonna lose it's first place. But it's weird, I thought peanuts, chlorella, spirulina, and even rice, had all the essential amino acids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couture547 Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 136 profile is amazing. The only thing higher that i know of is egg white which is like 146, but that's something you have to cook and you damage alot of the amino acids. Does anyone know what the score is on hemp seeds? There's something I don't understand about the amino scores for eggs on NutritionData.com...First: I always knew that most of the proteins in egg were in the white, but it was an incomplete protein, while the yolk represent less than 1/6 of the proteins in the egg but it completes the amino acids of the white. Also: Egg white : 145Yolk: 146Whole: 136 How the hell could it be possible that the whole egg has inferior amino acids score than white or yolk separatly, if yolk is 146 and white is 145? If we can know the amino acids score for hemp and quinoa, perhaps pumpkin seeds is gonna lose it's first place. But it's weird, I thought peanuts, chlorella, spirulina, and even rice, had all the essential amino acids. Egg whites are a complete protein, most people consider it the perfect protein. I'm pretty sure the yoke was like 132 and the white was 146 and balanced out to like 136 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seitan_man Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Thanks for the clarification. Maybe someone could compile a top list of vegetable proteins? Would I be right in thinking that hemp and soy would be at the top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronRonin Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Hemp is where it's at baby. All the EAAs, PLUS Edestin, an amino acid present only in hemp which is considered an integral part of DNA....making hemp the closest plant source to our own amino acid profile. Combine that with superior ease of digestibility, and the fact that hemp protein is raw, and you have a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 It may have just been a typo by you, but edestin is a protein, not an amino acid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 making hemp the closest plant source to our own amino acid profile. I haven't come across this information on the web... do you have any links to provide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubby2112 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I have yet to find it from a scientific source, only from websites selling hemp or just general health websites. Here is a snippet anyway:Out of the whole plant kingdom, hemp seed has the closest nutritional profile to the human plasma, and is the only plant that is made up mostly of the globulin protein Edestin, the backbone of our cells' DNA. http://shesacancersurvivor.com/health/heal/feeding.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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