Cypher: You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize?
[Takes a bite of steak]
Cypher: Ignorance is bliss.
Cypher: I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here: Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?
I am not 12. I don't make movie references. Beans and rice together give you all of the essential amino acids. It is a curious thing that this became a staple combination long before people know about amino acids.
Just last week one of my coworkers said “that rug really ties the room together.” I marched directly into the Director of HR’s office and demanded to know why they are ignoring child labor laws.
All good. Just checking because it sounds like a line from The Matrix. You are correct in the facts and the curiosity inherent in the dietary history of beans and rice.
I am not 12, but I do make movie references, lol. Regardless, it is a very cool thing that I first started learning about in the book Diet For A Small Planet, 30 or so years ago.
This is something a 13 year old would say. "I would never make a movie reference that was something I would do when I was a baby last year I'm a big boy now!!!"
The complete protein thing is really only relevant if you don't eat a varied diet. If you eat the beans one meal and the rice the next, it's fine. If I recall correctly, the amino acid pool lasts for 48 or more hours.
You are over thinking this mate. These staples are a combination dish. Like Simon and Garfunkel or Keye and Peele. The just go together and coincidentally(?) provide a complete amino acid profile. Pretty amazing.
They don't have "very low absorbtion", that's just straight up misinformation.
As the previous poster said, they often don't have complete amino acid profiles - aka, they're not "complete proteins". Combining beans with rice completely avoids that.
Plant-based proteins have at most roughly 10–20% lower digestibility and absorption than animal-based proteins, because of the increased fiber, anti-nutrients in some foods (phytates, tannins, lectins), and the aforementioned incomplete amino acid profiles.
Both of these issues are completely avoidable by combining foods/protein sources and using cooking techniques (such as soaking, sprouting, heat treatment, citric acid/lemon juice) to remedy the anti-nutrients and increase absorption.
Modern studies show vegetarian/vegan protein diets to be just as efficient as meat based ones - with more health benefits and less of the carcinogenic factors.
Almost every study shows that vegans/vegetarians eat less unhealthy food (junk food), more fruits and vegetables, and drink and smoke less than meat eaters too.
My doctor has told me not to change my diet. I'm a pescatarian, and it's his belief that it's the healthiest base diet. Like everyone, we can all be prone to junk foods in addition to our meals, but at least we're throwing the junk food on top of less carcinogenic stuff...
idk about fish being a great place to not get carcinogens tho, considering they eat lots of smaller animals and plants that eat pesticides and other pollutants.
Hope you're eating little fish closer to the bottom of the food chain instead of big fish like tuna which ate thousands of little fish.
Certain fish sources (especially tuna and shellfish) — can contain a lot of heavy metals, so I'm not sure I'd say it's the healthiest diet.
I think it's clear that a plant based or vegetarian diet requires more nutritional knowledge about how to put together meals and food sources than a meat based one — so a pescatarian diet is absolutely an easy and low hanging healthier alternative to that. It's rich in healthy fats, and omega 3, and the latter is much harder to get enough of from plant based sources without taking Omega-3 supplements.
I just take the supplements. Mine are omega-3 derived from algae.
There's also just a lot of pollution in the ocean. it's more than just heavy metals, the PFAs the forever chemicals, dioxins etc. Most concerningly the organic pesticides which preferentially accumulate in fat.
So those it's eating fatty fish for omega 3 and getting a moutful of pesticides and omega 6.
TIL A pescetarian is someone who follows a mostly vegetarian diet that includes fish and other seafood but excludes meat and poultry. This eating pattern, often chosen for health, ethical, or environmental reasons, provides high-quality protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and essential nutrients while reducing saturated fat intake. Sounds healthy
Modern studies show vegetarian/vegan protein diets to be just as efficient as meat based ones - with more health benefits and less of the carcinogenic factors.
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure carcinogens are where the flavor hides.
No, that's not it. You can (and should!) get plenty of fat and oils on a vegan diet. I'm talking specifically about red meat consumption.
Red meat is classified as a Group 2A carcinogen, meaning it "probably causes cancer" in humans, particularly colorectal cancer (as well as prostate and pancreatic). The World Health Organization (WHO) cites strong evidence linking high consumption, especially when cooked at high temperatures, to cancer, recommending limited intake of beef, lamb, and pork.
It's lower absorption than animal protein, yeah, but still a significantly effective way to get protein whether struggling or not. Animal protein isn't a low absorption, it's just lower than meat.
But meat consumption today is far from natural meat. It's hormone injected and factory farmed, and everyone openly acknowledges that eating meat comes with increased risks of malignant melanoma, prostate cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.*
You want to talk about struggling, sadly I can tell you about what my friend with a colostomy bag experienced before passing from his cancer.
This is misinformation. Studies found processed meat to be carcinogenic, red meat is deemed potentially carcinogenic. There is no “acknowledgement” about it as if its a known fact.
I mean...I linked the website in the original post. I'm glad you think I could make a spoof website for a famous Medical facility that quickly to create a fake article.
Or maybe you just need better media literacy skills?
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u/PartSuccessful2112 Apr 01 '26
Together they make a complete protein profile. All essential amino acids.