03-22-2006, 07:21 PM
If you combine grains and legumes 3:1 you balance methionine and lysine for a complete protein, as I recall, but it's been a long time since Nutrition 101. Short grain brown rice and lentils are easy to cook. Three cups rice, one cup lentils in a cast-iron pot, rinse twice, then cover with water by .5", bring to a boil, turn off heat, leave covered for 45 mins.Keep the unused portion in the fridg'. To serve just scoop a portion into a bowl, cover with spaghetti sauce and nuke briefly in a microwave.
Supplement with lots of fresh steamed veggies, especially broccoli - the most nutritious veggie you can eat. Add some mozzarella or farmer's cheese (lowest fat content) to keep your B12 up.
If you want to avoid the cholesterol in cheese (80% of the calories are fat) and choose fish for B12 remember that many tuna species are high in mercury. Sardines, as far as I know, are still wild-caught, unlike much store-bought salmon, which is farmed and loaded with anti-biotics, as are many shrimp. Predators store toxins in their fat-cells so the lower on the food chain you eat the less toxins you ingest. That's why orcas are in trouble. They eat seals that eat salmon.
Omega-3 supplements can be toxic for the same reason:
Supplement with lots of fresh steamed veggies, especially broccoli - the most nutritious veggie you can eat. Add some mozzarella or farmer's cheese (lowest fat content) to keep your B12 up.
If you want to avoid the cholesterol in cheese (80% of the calories are fat) and choose fish for B12 remember that many tuna species are high in mercury. Sardines, as far as I know, are still wild-caught, unlike much store-bought salmon, which is farmed and loaded with anti-biotics, as are many shrimp. Predators store toxins in their fat-cells so the lower on the food chain you eat the less toxins you ingest. That's why orcas are in trouble. They eat seals that eat salmon.
Omega-3 supplements can be toxic for the same reason: