essential amino acids question?

[mommyonraw]

Hi, I am wondering how to get the 8 essential amino acids we need through raw foods? Does anyone have a list of foods that contain the essential amino acids? Any help would be great.

[Dimond]

Welcome Mommyonraw. Amino Acid foods: Greens/Lettuce, Avocados, coconut, nuts, seeds, Chlorella, Goji Berries, Hemp, Flax, Maca, Spirulina, Bee pollen, grains.

[Seedy]

The two complete amino acid sources I use are sprouted quinoa and hemp protein powder. But you don't need to get all the amino acids at the same meal. So long as you get a mix of amino acids throughout the day, the body can mix and match whatever it needs.
Seedy

[mommyonraw]

Thank you, these are great tips. I really am amazed, I never knew you could get your essential amino acids by eating just raw foods!

I just read someone else quote from the book Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko, "that the body has to work a lot less when creating protein from the assortment of individual amino acids of greens, rather than the already combinded, long molecules from protein, assembled according to the foreign patterns of a totally different creature such as a cow or a chicken..."

Is this really true? She explained it very well saying that your body will still have to "re-design" the protein according to your "human" body needs and get rid of the rest you don't need which stays in your body which could cause problems. I haven't read this book but would like to and learn more about how to make green smoothies better.

I will be posting my intro in that section later, I just really was ansy to find this out. So thanks for the quick replys

[Raw Angel Mom]

I recommend that you get the book RAWSOME by Brigitt Mars. It is inexpensive and so informative.

The 8 essential amino acid are:

Isoleucine, Leucine, lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine

Greens has them all, apples, tomato, hemp seeds, many fruits

What she says that are good sources

Alfalfa leaf
Buckwheat
Clover blossoms
Fruits (most of them)
Garbanzo beans
Leafy green vegetables
Lentils
Millet
Mung Beans
Nuts (all except hazelnuts/filberts)
Pumpkin seeds
Quinoa
Soy foods
Sunflower greens

Other good source

Apricots
Avocados
Bananas
Beans
Berries
Blue-green algae
Brocoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbages
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cherries
Coconut
Corn
Cucumbers
Dates
Durians
Eggplant
Grapes
Hemp seeds
Melons
Okra
Oranges
Papayas
Parsley
Peaches
Pears
Peas
Peppers
Spirulina
Sprout (Including sprouted grains)
String bean
Summer squash
Sun-cured olive
Sweet potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnip greens
Watercress
Zucchini

Vegetable has a higher percentage of protein/calori content then nuts. And nut is higher then fruits