First I should say that I often open your blog and find your excersise videos
interesting and your e-mails inspiring.
I found it dificult to believe Jason Hunter’s talk. Was he nervous or just inadequately prepared? He took nearly five minutes to woffle about nothing and then stated the obvious. He never mentioned complete and incomplete proteins or complementary proteins (pulses best combined with whole grains or seeds). I am not a dietitian but I expected much better quality of information. I would have started with a definition of what a protein is i.e. long chains of amino acids that are broken down during digestion into polypeptides, peptides and then individual amino acids and then reasembled into proteins that are needed by the body. Amount of protein needed depends on age and other factors e.g. breastfeeding mother needs an extra 11 grams/day but too much protein during pregnancy is undesirable. Too much protein places a strain on the kidneys (nitrogen excreted). Surplus protein cannot be stored and must be used for heat and energy or will be stored as fat. I believe that amino acids come in 22 different forms and that 8 (10 for children) are essential
amino acids that must come in food because the body is unable to manufacture them. The other 14 non-essential can be synthesised by the body but all are needed in constructing proteins.
Thank you for the attempt. John.

Hi John,

I appreciate your comments. Thank you for being a reader of my blog and it’s obvious you are well educated in nutrition. : )

Jayson and I are trying to keep these Q&A’s to about 5 minutes and basic, just answering exactly the questions we receive – in this case “what are alternative protein sources to eat if I don’t eat meat.”

We didn’t feel like going in to the biochemistry of a protein, its digestion and how the body utilizes it would be appropriate on this particular 5 minute Q&A. Our goal was to give specific protein food choices to people who don’t eat a lot or any meat at all.

We would need to have about an hour long teleseminar to go into all of the information that you were looking for, which we may do in the future, if there is enough interest.

Thanks again for your comments. : )

Scott